Before flight, trim the aircraft for level cruise and prepare your mechanical E6-B by leaving the wind dot set and using distinct symbols (e.g., dot, asterisk) for different legs to prevent erasing.

The author's flying career progressed from a used Beechcraft Musketeer to progressively faster and more sophisticated aircraft, culminating in a turbine-powered Piper Cheyenne and later jet aircraft.

A Virgin Atlantic flight making the grueling journey from Los Angeles to London yesterday hit a ground speed of at least 801 mph, thanks to a streak of fast-moving air in the jet stream over ...