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Article: From Russia With Love

The Yak 50 is a single-engine, single-seat, low-wing, semi-retractable, conventional-gear aerobatic aircraft designed in 1973 by the Yakovlev Design Bureau in Russia. It’s an honest, friendly airplane—if somewhat extraordinary because of its country of...

Also labeled: Accident Statistics, Columns, Features, NTSB Reports, People and Places, Pilot Talk, Safety, Weather Flying, Weather Skills

Article: The Light-Sport Safety Record

While the NTSB’s preliminary statistics show that the number of general aviation accidents dropped again last year, as did the number of people killed, the estimated number of hours flown also dropped, resulting in a slight increase in both the o...

Also labeled: Accident Statistics, Columns, Features, NTSB Reports, People and Places, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Pilot Talk, Proficiency

Article: A Pure Form Of Flying

It was a beautiful spring day, and I was a newly minted CFI full of confidence and enthusiasm.

Also labeled: Accident Statistics, Columns, Features, NTSB Reports, People and Places, Pilot Talk, Weather Flying, Weather Skills

Article: Monitoring What’s Going On

Individuals who have passed their FAA written exams and practical tests don’t necessarily have the knowledge and skills to become trustworthy pilots. ...

Also labeled: Accident Statistics, Columns, Features, NTSB Reports, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Pilot Talk, People and Places

Article: Analyzing Pilot Performance

NTSB investigators were able to assemble plenty of data to reconstruct what happened on board the Colgan Air Bombardier DHC-8-400 that crashed at Clarence Center, N.Y., on February 12, 2009.

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Article: Recognizing You’re In Trouble

One of the most important skills for pilots to possess is the ability to recognize when they’re falling behind in an unfolding scenario. Frequently, pilots who fall too far behind experience accidents and are immortalized in NTSB accident reports.

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Article: Safety’s Ideal World

In an ideal world, once the probable cause of an accident is identified, there never will be an accident like it again.

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Article: Getting Ready For NextGen

Recently, NTSB Chairman Deborah A. P. Hersman issued a warning that those in the government and aviation industry who are enamored of the planned Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) should get their heads out of the clouds and realize...

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Article: Muffler Inspection

If you were to make a list of the most fun and glamorous aspects of flying, I’d bet that inspecting an aircraft’s muffler wouldn’t be on it. ...

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Article: Be A Great Pilot!

The sheer enormity of the subject is a little intimidating. You probably could name several thousand characteristics of a “good pilot.” The she...

Also labeled: Advanced Ratings, Flight Training, Getting Your License, Learn To Fly, Learning Center, People and Places, Proficiency, Safety

Article: Sweet Dreams

If the NTSB had its way, the FAA would be gauging whether or not you’re having sweet dreams and sleeping through the night cuddled up with your teddy bear. ...

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Article: The Checkride Chronicles

Who’s the judge beside you in the cockpit, deciding whether you’re worthy of receiving aviation’s highest honor (a license to learn)? Hopefully, it’s someone who’ll make your entry into the world of aviation less than turbulent.

Also labeled: Advanced Ratings, Flight Training, Getting Your License, Learn To Fly, Learning Center, People and Places, Pilot Skills, Proficiency

Article: Top Mistakes In Convective Environments

Deep, moist convection, better known as thunderstorms, are the nemesis of all aircraft, big or small. Avoidance is mandatory. Deep, moist...

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Article: Flying The Corridors

V­FR corridors have served an important function in U.S. airspace since the creation of the old TCAs (Terminal Control Areas) and TRSAs (Terminal Radar Service Areas), now less telegraphically renamed Class B and Class C airspace, respectively.

Also labeled: ATC, Flight Hazards, Learning Center, Navigation, Accident Statistics, Decision Making, Flight Training, Safety

Article: Blocked Pitot Tubes

The crash of Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330, in the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009, during a flight from Brazil to Paris focused attention on pitot tubes, although many people had never heard of them before.

Also labeled: Accident Statistics, Columns, Features, Flight Hazards, In-Flight Emergencies, Pilot Talk, Winter Weather, Aircraft Maintenance, Emergency Situations, In-Flight Failures, Maintenance, Safety

Article: Knowing When To Cancel

The other evening, I got a call from a friend who operates a Piper Navajo for his business. He filled me in on what had happened with a flight from his home airport in the Northeast to Miami, Fla.

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Article: The Pilot Decides

Each year, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), the union representing FAA controllers, honors members who’ve helped save pilots from dangerous situations that might have resulted in accidents.

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Article: WAAS

The benefits of...

Also labeled: Flying Skills, Aviation News, Decision Making, Learn To Fly, Navigation, Pilot Skills, Safety, Takeoffs and Landings

Article: Should You Reset A Circuit Breaker?

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Article: More Than Monitoring

While I was...

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Article: Survivable Ditchings

Without...

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Article: Icing Awareness

Ten years ago, the...

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Article: Parachute Jump Operations

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Article: Making ADS-B Work

When it comes to owners being told they must install expensive...

Also labeled: Aviation News, Learning Center

Article: The FAA’s Capstone Project

General aviation in Alaska is different. Changeable weather and difficult...

Also labeled: Accident Statistics, Flight Hazards, Learning Center, Safety, Situational Awareness

Article: What’s RVSM?

The problem was simple: too many airplanes and too little sky. This flies in the face of traditional wisdom...

Also labeled: Flight Hazards, Flying Skills, High-Traffic Airspace, Learning Center, Pilot Skills, Safety

Article: Catastrophic Structural Failure

The overwhelming majority of airplanes have the potential to keep flying until it’s no longer economically viable to keep them in the air, provided that they’re operated within established parameters, receive regular inspections to detect problems and...

Also labeled: Accident Statistics, Features, Flight Hazards, Journeys, Columns, Maintenance, Safety

Article: Busting TFRs

Once upon a time, you could pull the airplane out of the hangar, fire up the engine, point it into the wind and fly....

Also labeled: Flight Hazards, Safety

Article: I Need A Price Check On Runway 6, Please

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Article: How To Keep Older Aircraft Flying

Also labeled: Aging Aircraft, Aircraft Maintenance, Safety