My Bad Edwards. Last weekend I did a cross country trip in a small airplane. We flew to Bakersfield, California. Not a particularly exciting destination for traditional venues of fun, but there was an IMAC Airplane contest there. While flying 10,500 at 125mph I notice that we are rapidly approaching some airspace. For those that don’t know, Airspace is the equivalent of lanes on a highway. It separates different types of air traffic so everyone can play nicely. As...

How to use an iPhone to Fly R/C Airplanes and Helicopters HOW I DID IT: I’ve had an iPhone for about a year now, and find it quite indispensable. It’s handy in so many situations, and fits into a lot of nerdy stuff I do. However, it hasn’t fit in perfectly to the main nerdy thing that I like to do: Fly radio control airplanes and helicopters. For that, I use a really high quality piece of hardware from a company called JR, a JR 9303 radio. It works great. However, one day it occurred to me,...

The Mile High Club. Cold air was blowing up my pant leg from the vent near the rudder pedals, and I had a giant chart sprawled over me like a blanket. Sunlight poured in the cockpit. It was a beautiful day 10,500 feet over Northern Arizona. I found myself on the way to Henderson, Nevada; a small suburb south of Las Vegas. It was only two weeks earlier my enterprising roommate asked me if I would help him with a small start up venture we codenamed “Mile High”....