Pilot Stories
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Autopilots Equal SafetyIt may seem counterintuitive for macho pilots, but an autopilot will nearly always do a better job than you will One of the most common questions I get about flying the oceans is, "How do you stay awake on a 10- to 15-hour leg?" My standard answer is, "Consider the alternative." |
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 From The Editor: What’s In A Name? I first heard about Amelia Earhart three years ago on Facebook. The new Amelia Earhart, that is. |
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 $150 Per Pilot Charge for Using the iPad? Last week, the FAA's AeroNav division held a meeting in Washington D.C.—where the public and press were excluded—to discuss charging fees for users of their digital chart data. |
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 Of Knowledge, Experience And RegulationsGoing to school doesn’t necessarily make you smarter At the time this was being written, word was circulating within the aviation community that as the result of the Colgan airline crash in 2009, the FAA is probably going to place new experience requirements on airline copilot new hires. |
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 Air Race AccidentsSafety in air racing depends on the airplane as well as the pilot The death toll quickly rose to 11, including the pilot with about 70 injured. |
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 Light-Sport Chronicles: Profiles In Vision: Ivo BoscarolRoutinely setting your goals way too high has its benefits Welcome to Slovenia, and let's raise our glasses to setting your goals too high. |
Monday, December 5, 2011 Let It Roll: Coast-To-CoastThe great American road trip...or is it? The faster I go, the harder I want to pull back on the yoke. The grey turns into blue, and all I see is sky. |
Monday, December 5, 2011 The Nature Of CloudsThey can be challenging, fun, entertaining and, occasionally, deadly In my part of the sky—at least, the part I watch most often—we don't see many clouds. |
Monday, December 5, 2011 From The Editor: Something For Everyone "I fly for food," was Dick Rutan's good-humored and modest response when I thanked him for flying the photo flight. |
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 Fire In FrontIn a fire scenario, aircraft control can be lost at any moment According to a search of NTSB data, in 2010, there were only four general aviation fixed-wing accidents investigated that involved in-flight engine compartment fires. |
