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This is a continuation of my multi-part series on learning to fly. You can read the whole Fly With Francis series here. It’s been a good while since I’ve done a Learning to Fly post. Since t...

https://www.airlinereporter.com/2024/03/learning-to-fly-with-francis-maintaining-currency/

Typically we cover airlines and airliners here at AirlineReporter, but occasionally an opportunity in the non-airline worlds pops up that we just can’t pass on. So when the Museum of Flight her...

https://www.airlinereporter.com/2022/05/flying-history-we-ride-on-a-b-29/

  This is a continuation of my multi-part series on learning to fly. You can read the whole Fly With Francis series here. The lousy Pacific Northwest early spring weather notwithstanding, I’v...

https://www.airlinereporter.com/2021/04/the-learning-continues-mountain-flying-in-the-da-40/

After a year and a half of concerted effort, I've finally completed my initial training and earned my private pilot certificate in early November. It's a great feeling! For those who've been foll...

https://www.airlinereporter.com/2020/12/im-a-pilot-faa-checkride-successfully-completed/

So, it"s been a while since I"ve written an update, but that doesn"t mean I"ve not been making progress. Since the last installment, I"ve done my three cross-country solo flights - they"re a requ...

https://www.airlinereporter.com/2020/08/solo-cross-country-flights-complete-end-of-course-checkride-approaching/

I did it! I flew an airplane totally by myself over the Labor Day weekend. It was, in absolutely equal parts, terrifying and exhilarating. Doing this was the culmination of a lifelong dream. Unli...

https://www.airlinereporter.com/2019/09/learning-to-fly-with-francis-stage-one-checks-passed-and-my-first-solo-flight/

Simple, fast, efficient, comfortable, and reasonably-priced air travel. What’s not to like? JetSuiteX kicked off scheduled service between Seattle and Oakland, Calif., on July 1, with three fli...

https://www.airlinereporter.com/2019/07/flight-review-jetsuitex-offers-semiprivate-travel-to-the-masses/

This is a continuation of my multi-part series on learning to fly. You can read the whole Fly With Francis series here. After six weeks, which went past in a seeming eyeblink, I've completed grou...

https://www.airlinereporter.com/2019/05/ground-school-complete-getting-beat-up-in-the-pattern-slowly-getting-better/

This is a continuation of my multi-part series on learning to fly. You can read the introduction here. As of now, I've completed the stage one and two ground-school exams. These exams are adminis...

https://www.airlinereporter.com/2019/05/learning-to-fly-stage-1-2/

Yep. I’m finally doing it. After close to a decade of talking about taking flying lessons, and after a couple of false starts, I’ve plunked down my money and started ground school last month ...

https://www.airlinereporter.com/2019/05/learning-to-fly/

The traveling American Heroes Air Show visited Seattle's Museum of Flight on May 21 for the first time since 2012. The helicopters-only show, which was held in Austin earlier in May and is schedu...

https://www.airlinereporter.com/2016/05/american-heroes-air-show-seattle-good-rainy-time/

In early 2015, in preparation for the construction of its giant new Aviation Pavilion, Seattle"s Museum of Flight moved its Boeing 727 (former American Airlines N874AA) from the parking lot on th...

https://www.airlinereporter.com/2016/03/727-flies-again-aa/

What makes the 27th delivery of a Boeing 787 to an airline special? Its employees. Recently, United took delivery of a 787-9 Dreamliner and invited 200 employees along, to celebrate their dedicat...

https://www.airlinereporter.com/2016/03/taking-a-united-787-9-delivery-flight-more-than-just-a-plane/

Yesterday, the Boeing 737 MAX successfully completed its first flight — and landing. It took off at 9:46 am (PST) to the cheers of several thousand Boeing employees and media. Wait… wasn’t ...

https://www.airlinereporter.com/2016/01/the-boeing-737-max-completes-first-flight-and-landing/

Boeing opened its new Seattle delivery center for its booming 737 program on October 19 at King County International Airport, a.k.a. Boeing Field. The 90,000 sq. ft. building is more than twice...

https://www.airlinereporter.com/2015/10/photo-tour-boeings-new-seattle-delivery-center-booming-737-program/