Wishing you a Happy Holiday Season. Photos from the Downwind/Pilot Shop Inc. Holiday party.
In aviation, a spin is an aggravated stall resulting in rotation about the center of gravity, wherein the aircraft follows a downward corkscrew path. Spins can be entered unintentionally or intentionally, from any flight …
Beautiful… captivating… romantic…you will instantly fall in love. And no, I am not writing about this month’s DOWNWIND model.
We all search for new places to fly not too far away. My friend and I …
Welcome aboard with Ashley and Victoria.
When I was trick-or-treating with my son this Halloween, I saw a young boy dressed as a miniature Indiana Jones. It brought back fond memories of my young self, actively pretending to be Indiana Jones …
The publisher of Downwind magazine was on hand last week when the third issue of his new aviation publication rolled off the press at St. Croix Press in New Richmond.
On the cover of the most …
My name is Mike Cimino and I am the president of The Pilot Shop, Inc. located in Baldwin, NY. I learned to fly at the tender age of 15, down in Brooksville, FL. After a …
No, uncoordinated flight does not involve flying while cross-eyed. In aviation, coordinated flight of an aircraft is flight without sideslip. When an aircraft is flying with zero sideslip, the inclinometer on the bottom of the …
Five Star Jet Center
My grandparents had a profound effect on my life – their individual journeys, their choices, their lives, their wisdom – so it came as no big surprise to me that Joe Occhiuzzo’s …
Wings Sports Bar and Grille 20 Lindbergh Drive, Hartford, CT (860) 241-1114
So, recently I flew with a friend to Hartford (HFD) to check out Wings Sports Bar and Grille, the restaurant on the field. Owners …
Summer is over and if you live in the northeast that sucks, but not to worry because DOWNWIND is heading to warm and sunny locations to keep bringing you the hottest girls in aviation. Please …
In today’s General Aviation (GA) cockpit communications has evolved from the hand signals that pilots and crew used to use in the old tandem seat, open cockpit aircraft. Today we use amplified microphones and active …
The recent ditching of a U.S. Air jet into the Hudson river highlighted something most pilots shudder to think about: how to survive a water ditching. Recently, DOWNWIND editor-in-chief Richard Edelson had a chance to …
Fly long enough, and unless you are handed the keys to someone else’s airplane on a consistent basis, the buy-vs.-rent dilemma will eventually work its way to the forefront of your aviating consciousness. For the …
Kristina has been affiliated with aviation since birth. She was born an Air Force brat, and her father was a crew chief on the F-111’s. Living on Air Force bases for most of her life …
