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April 22, 2023 Nick Leghorn

Is This “Pilot’s Watch” Really Worth $595?

Being a pilot is an expensive thing. Starting from the tens of thousands of dollars just to get our initial

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June 20, 2019 Nick Leghorn

Review: Delta SkyClub at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)

Austin is officially the second fastest growing airport in the United States in terms of passenger traffic. Considering the economic

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June 14, 2019 Nick Leghorn

Review: TWA Hotel at JFK

Opened in 1962 at the peak of the jet age, the Trans World Airlines Flight Center at New York City’s

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April 16, 2019 Nick Leghorn

Review: Yaesu FTA550 Handheld Air Band Transciever

Four years ago I was climbing out of an un-towered airport into IFR conditions when my radios decided to stop

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March 15, 2019 Nick Leghorn

Inside the Delta Flight Museum’s Boeing 747

Most established airlines these days have a museum associated with them. Southwest has a museum near Love Field in Dallas,

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March 13, 2019 Nick Leghorn

Flying the Delta Flight Museum 737-200 Simulator

Full motion flight simulators are massively expensive pieces of equipment, but for an airline it’s the most cost effective way

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March 11, 2019 Nick Leghorn

An AvGeek’s Dream: The Delta Flight Museum Monthly Surplus Sale

Are you the kind of person that gets all excited about getting their hands on an original Northwest Airlines flight

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February 13, 2019 Nick Leghorn

Review: MyGoFlight Flex Glare Shield Mount

An iPad or other tablet is pretty much a requirement for modern pilots. The amount of information it provides is

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February 11, 2019 Nick Leghorn

Review: SUREWO Aluminum Ball Joint GoPro Mount

I love the GoPro line of cameras. I’ve had at least one in my camera bag ever since the very

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February 8, 2019 Nick Leghorn

Review: Benchmade Triage 915

There are few things as useful in this world as a good sharp knife. Humanity’s second oldest tool behind a

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About the Author


Nick Leghorn is an instrument rated private pilot, writer, and tech nerd living in Austin, Texas.

He also maintains Thirty-One Whiskey (named in honor of his first plane) where he writes about whiskey, cigars, woodworking, and other miscellaneous hobbies.

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