As 2015 draws to a close, it's time to take a few reflective moments to consider the year just past, to wonder at the marvel of flight, to appreciate its sheer poetry and to give thanks for that rarified privilege we all reverently share. And also to attempt to make feeble but pointless amends for all the cheap shots, the smarmy asides and the half-baked theories and critiques I have knowingly and willfully allowed to populate this space. (If you thought I was about to go all Jonathon Livingston Seagull, you're probably in the wrong place.)
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/ownership/avwebs-stuff-of-the-year