by nestnh5_wp | Jun 14, 2022 | Articles
“I used to fly but then we had kids and work got crazy and now I haven’t flown in 10 years.” We hear from at least one pilot every week in this situation. When I became a certificated pilot I told myself that I would never let that happen. But with two kids at home, a...
by nestnh5_wp | May 14, 2022 | Articles
Dan Everette was driving down Airport Road in Warwick, RI a number of years ago literally trying to find something to do. He had just been stationed in Rhode Island for graduate school as part of his service in the United States Coast Guard. He recognized that...
by nestnh5_wp | Apr 14, 2022 | Articles
,This is the time we have all been waiting months for. We have left winter behind and are full speed ahead towards spring! As glorious as our visions of flying are for the upcoming months, it is not all sunshine and rainbows. With spring comes a series of things to...
by nestnh5_wp | Mar 11, 2022 | Articles
Ask any airline pilot whether or not you should pursue airline flying as a career and they will probably respond with an enthusiastic “YES.” The long predicted pilot shortage is here and there has arguably never been a better time to be an airline pilot. With...
by nestnh5_wp | Feb 11, 2022 | Articles
Jumping out of an airplane is a surreal experience. Looking down from 10,000 feet with nothing between you the Earth does not ever feel real. And then, you leap. The noise is deafening, the only real sensation of speed at first. After a few seconds a rip cord is...
by nestnh5_wp | Jan 15, 2022 | Articles
A wise man (and a close friend of Horizon) once said that “progress is never a straight line. You can’t be afraid to make a zig and a zag.” For former Horizon CFI Juan Barco, the process of becoming an airline pilot was full of zigs and zags. But last week, when he...