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Remarkable airplanes, clever engineering, and something new to learn each week.
By Lloyd Clark, pilot, flight instructor, and aircraft owner. Meet Lloyd
Contents
Everything here runs in your browser. No account, no pilot certificate required.
Explore an aircraft
- Inside a vintage Lear 24A Learjet 24 pulled apart assembly by assembly, in interactive 3D.
- Cherokee Aircraft AtlasA Piper Cherokee 180, six systems and sixty-four parts you can isolate, follow, and test yourself on.
- SR-71 Blackbird LabYou watched one SR-71 video. You’re now in charge of the inlet.
- Flight LabRead a synthetic flight test the way an engineer does, on NASA's Open MCT.
- Mission StudioBusiness, backcountry, and leisure flying days, each already worked out.
Try a challenge
- The Sunday BriefThree minutes. One decision. How confident are you?
- Take a system checkrideNineteen short questions on the Cherokee’s systems, each with its reasoning and a place to look.
The Hangar
One piston single, one pressurized twin, one classic jet. Three different answers to the flying question.
Type photograph. Beechcraft, pressurized twin
Baron 58P
A beautiful expression of the Beechcraft idea: capability, craftsmanship, and the possibilities of a good airplane.
The Sunday Brief
Three minutes. One decision. How confident are you?
Time Back
Can flying yourself turn a two-day business trip into a day trip? Sometimes. Change the numbers and see where the time really goes.
Count it door to door
3h 45m back in your day
Round trip, flying advantage in this example
Time you could spend with a customer, on another site visit, or back at home.
What this comparison includes
A hypothetical round trip with identical inputs in both directions. Use your own route distance and average airborne groundspeed, accounting for winds and climb and descent. The defaults are not performance claims for any aircraft.
The 90-minute ground allowance is an editable total for each one-way journey: getting to the airport, preflight, taxi, arrival tasks, and transport at the far end. Time at the meeting is excluded from both modes.
This estimates travel time only, not cost, range, aircraft suitability, or whether a flight should go. If the inputs favor driving, the result says so. Every business flight needs a practical backup.
Inside the cockpit
A real Piper panel. Choose an instrument, learn what it tells you, then test your eye.
Piper PA-28 reference cockpit. Equipment varies by aircraft.
Field Notes
Two stories from the aviation files, then three quick calls to make.