This time we hear a few stories from Stearman restoration projects and what happened to those planes after they were completed and sold. You can check out pictures of Pete’s stearman restoration wall ad pictures from his other builds, as well as more information about these stories by going to the article on thelogbookpodcast.com

This time we hear about how our story teller became a fighter pilot in the air force, and some interesting things that happened to him while flying jet aircraft. You can check out pictures of Bill along with all the planes he flew in his time with the air force, as well as more information about these stories by going to the article on: thelogbookpodcast.com

This time we hear a few stories about learning how to fly as a woman in the 1920s and what it was like to start an airport back then and what went into running it. You can check out pictures of Blanche and Lansdowne airport, as well as more information about these stories by going to the article on thelogbookpodcast.com

This time we listen to a few training stories from a pilot who wanted to prepare for emergency landings, and then ended up in that situation herself. More information about this episode can be found on: thelogbookpodcast.com

This time we listen to a few stories from a WWII P-47 fighter pilot, as he recounts times from during the war and some of his experiences afterwards. You can check out pictures of Mike’s P-47 and his squadron, as well as some of the other information about his experiences by going to the article on: thelogbookpodcast.com

This time we hear a story from a retired NAVY aviation maintenance officer, and how he started his own business relocating historic airplanes such as, his favorite, a couple B-17’s. You can find pictures of Chuck’s airplane relocations along more information about the stories he told in this episode by going to the article at thelogbookpodcast.com

This time we listen to some military test flight stories from a pilot who flew almost every jet aircraft produced between the early 50’s and late 60’s and flew many other airplanes as well.   More Information and pictures related to this episode on: thelogbookpodcast.com

This episode we hear some airplane testing stories from the youngest pilot of an airline flight test group, who was 59 at the time. For more information and pictures about the stories in this episode visit: thelogbookpodcast.com

This time we hear from two women who will share a few stories about writing books about airparks in the US and how they were both challenged to fly every day for a full month. More Information and pictures at: thelogbookpodcast.com

This time we hear from a WWII era air-force veteran and he’s going to tell us what it was like to grow up with aviation in the 1930 and we’ll listen his experiences while in the air-force and as he tried to find every little bit of time that he could to fly. Our storyteller will also share some of his war stories, which are stories from his flying career that were more eventful than all the others. More information at: thelogbookpodcast.com  

In this episode we hear from a pilot who flew around the world 3 times!!! She’s going to tell us about some of her experiences and give us some insight on how and why she did it. More Information and Pictures related to this episode are on thelogbookpodcast.com

In this episode we hear about some of the incredible things that flying can expose a pilot too, and we learn about getting into aerobatics and high G maneuvers. More information and pictures related to the story can be found on: thelogbookpodcast.com

In this episode we listen to a story of a pilot’s decision while flying his crippled aerobatic aircraft, in whether to jump out or attempt to land it. More information about the show and this episode at: thelogbookpodcast.com

In this episode we hear from a world renowned aerobatics pilot, from when he was a little bit too excited to get somewhere and it didn’t go as he had expected. Above are pictures of the actual Sukhoi flown in the story. The Following is quoted from Nikolay’s website. You can find more information about him and his business there. Nikolay earned his Masters Degree in both Aeronautical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. He was also one of the Engineers who worked on the...

In this episode we hear a very inspirational story from a relatively new pilot, about how she was able to get her pilot’s license and how flying is accessible to anyone. Here’s an image of her musical living room she had mentioned in the beginning of the story. When we came to visit “Homesick Angel” she was in the middle of her annual inspection. Today she is back up and flying. Linda painted these illustrations on the vertical stabilizer of her Cessna. Linda brought out her...

In this episode we listen to three stories from another active couple in the aviation community, the first is about learning how to fly and skydiving in the 1950s. Next, we’ll hear about a hijacking to Cuba, and finally we’ll listen to how this couple met through aviation and aerobatic judging. These are what some of the airmen uniforms looked like during WWI. Skydiving in the 1950s was much different from today, with uncontrolled parachutes and technology that was used during the World...

In this episode we listen a story about finding the perfect airplane. We hear where this search takes him, what he finds, and the journey of taking it home.  You can see in these pictures the two stick that were mentioned in the story. One for control and the other for the flaperons. The Cassutt IIIM was designed specifically for air racing, with a top speed of almost 250 mph and a range of 400 miles with a wingspan of 14′. Now Sky’s plane was much heavy and not this capable but...

Featured Image Source: CBS Channel 8 In this episode we hear a few stories by a very active couple in the aviation community. The first story is about an emergency landing on a busy road, then we hear about a crash landing in an aerobatic aircraft, and finish the episode off with the Stearman ride of a lifetime and the lessons learned from that experience.  In the first story, they were flying in a Cessna SkyHawk. Although I don’t have any images from that day when they landed on the...

Everytime I go to some aviation event I don’t think its possible to leave without a good story. Storytelling is enjoyed by all ages, especially in the aviation community where stories are the main way to share one’s experiences when off the ground. While listening to The LogBook, you’ll hear stories from people in aviation from every experience level: enthusiasts, complete beginners, airline pilots, aerobatic pilots, cross country/long distance pilots, test pilots, military veterans. And...