Pilot Magazine February 2025

February 2025 issue of Pilot magazine features the Stinson L-5 Sentinel as its cover star. Deployed extensively alongside its WWII US Army ‘grasshopper’ stablemates yet rare today, the relatively high-performance, fine handling L-5 is something of a forgotten warbird.

Also featured is Living in a Porter Pilot’s Paradise. Tyro pilot Matt Dearden left anxiety behind in discovering Shangri-La, escaped to return to the UK and is now passing his skills on to a new generation of pilots while Flying Adventure sees Colin Goodwin and his wife, Amelia, enjoy eight days of guided mountain flying and beach landings in New Zealand amid some of the most spectacular scenery on Earth.