Rob Buck, Author at Air Facts Journal

Rob Buck

Rob Buck is a retired airline pilot with general aviation roots and heart. He lives in Waterbury Center, Vermont, is married, four children and a dog. Rob was flight-afflicted at two in 1951, flying with his father in Leighton Collins’ Piper Clipper. Mentally never landed, he had teenage solos in gliders and a Cessna 120. Chasing ratings and experience, he was an obsessed glider pilot, and wrote a bit for Air Facts. Graduated from Northrop University in Engineering Technology. Wandered the industry as an aircraft salesman, instructor, tow and charter pilot, Tech Editor for Business/Commercial Aviation then flew Twin Otters. Rob joined Delta Air Lines in 1979 for 27 years. Retired flying 767’s transatlantic but loved the stick and rudder flying of the 727 Shuttle years. He currently flies a Cessna 170, sailplanes and model airplanes.

I was there April 14, 2015 March 30, 2016

Why off-field landing #61 was different from the other 60

We decided to explore, so Christian aimed the bird north, easing in the power to climb above the wave’s rotor. And then the world came unglued! The engine burst into roaring chaos, with hideous vibration, which had the shock mounted instrument panel in a blur.

History March 28, 2011 August 27, 2017

Osmosis aviation

Back in February of 1958, my father and I took Leighton Collins’ first Cessna 182 back to the factory in Wichita, where it was traded for a brand new Cessna 182 Skylane. I was eight years old and the adventure was the first time my father had taken me beyond local flights, usually from Linden Airport in New Jersey. It was also a gamble for him