Is jump piloting a viable option for a low-time commercial pilot who wants to get paid while quickly building time? It worked for Ethan....

You know the drill, you'll need "500 hours, 25 in a 182 and 25 jump flights." Can you get a jump pilot job with under 500 hours? Yes....

For all the attributes of a Cessna 182, one fault is a carburetor prone to developing ice. Many 182s have gone down due to carburetor...

I'm not even sure you can order them anymore but lots of Cessnas have the Madras Super Tips still installed. These are not the Wing-X...

JumpersAway.com started up in 2021, but I became a Cessna 182 jump pilot in 1988. After a season and a half of flying jumpers, I had this...

The NTSB final report on the June 2019 King Air crash that killed 10 skydivers and the pilot is a long and difficult read. Difficult...