We Are Going to Buy a Plane: Part One
By Justin SiemsThe start of a new, brutally honest series on how to buy a plane, or fail trying.
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Volume 004. Off duty. Still flying.
The newest volume: eleven stories, from a round-the-world flight in a fifty-year-old Cessna 210 to barnstorming in 2026.
Inside Volume 004.
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The Long Way Around
By Justin SiemsA promise made at six years old, seven years of closed doors, and a fifty-year-old Cessna 210 pointed at the Indian Ocean. How JP Schulze flew around the world, and why he’s going back.
Draw the Map From Memory
By Justin SiemsThe controller behind Prop Hat Cat on what it actually takes to become an air traffic controller.
Full Deflection
By Justin SiemsWhy do so many professional pilots stop flying small airplanes? Hot take: nobody ever showed them how to have fun.
Turtle on a Fence Post
By Justin SiemsMarcus Smith flies for a living and still keeps a 1946 Cub in a Tennessee hangar. The story of how he got there is mostly a list of people who helped him along the way.
Right, You’re Flying
By Justin SiemsSteve Randall wanted the Royal Air Force but was turned down because of his eyesight. Four decades later, he owns the same type of airplane he first flew as a fourteen-year-old cadet, and this spring he flew it over the factory where it was built.
Barnstorming in 2026
By Justin SiemsDewey Davenport is practicing a trade whose ending everyone in it can already see.
The Same Yoke
By Justin SiemsChris Westcott flies a 737 for a living. Getting back into the airplane that made him a pilot took a letter to a stranger, a wife who wouldn’t let the subject drop, and a 90-minute drive during a layover in San Antonio.
Sometimes the Best Landing Is the Next One
By Romeo Hotel, Opposing BasesWhy a go-around shouldn’t feel like a failure.
Beyond the Redline: Recognizing & Preventing Burnout in Aviation
By Michelle WestcottA clinical mental health counselor who works with aviation professionals on why you shouldn’t wait until your tank is empty to take care of yourself.
DPE Disapproved: Now What?
By Johnny GinleyAfter the paperwork is complete and the dust settles, the first step is to take a breath.
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