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To Soar Like Eagles AUTHOR/EDITOR: Captain Michael Treskin  MARCH 15, 2023 How many times in a day do we stop and watch birds glide through the sky? I remember how captivated I was as a child seeing all those seagulls hovering above effortlessly without beating their wings as they searched for their next meal.  Leonardo Da Vinci, in 1505, wrote a study titled Codex on the Flight of Birds (c....

Women in Aviation: We need more! AUTHOR/EDITOR: Captain Michael Treskin DECEMBER 27, 2021 The other day I was travelling for a job interview and was walking down to board the airplane. To my surprise, I noticed that both the Captain and her First Officer were female. It didn't end there; on the plane itself, the entire cabin crew were all females. We had an entire crew of females! Not one...

How can they fly Author : Michel Treskin  Editor : Jennifer J. Lacelle Date : July 26, 2021 This is one of the questions I get asked every time I fly as a passenger and my seat companion knows that I am a pilot. When you look at a jumbo jet like the Boeing 747 that has a maximum take-off weight of over 900,000 pounds and can carry over 400 passengers,...

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