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Article: The Eyes Have It

We're about to kick the sacred cow that is peripheral vision right in the butt and, in the process, probably generate a bunch of letters to the editor. ...

Also labeled: Decision Making, Features, Flight Training, Learn To Fly, Learning Center, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills

Article: When To Abort

Mention the word "abort" to a pilot, and you'll immediately summon visions of every pilot's nightmare— an engine failure on takeoff. ...

Also labeled: Decision Making, Features, Flying Skills, Learn To Fly, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Safety

Article: IFR Strategies In Convective Weather

I just completed a trip from a coastal town in northern California, to Erie, Penn., and back in a Columbia 400.

Also labeled: Decision Making, Descents, Flying Skills, Learn To Fly, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Safety

Article: Say When

I'm one of the world's luckiest pilots. On occasion, I'm allowed to fly some of the best new airplanes in general aviation.

Also labeled: Decision Making, Descents, Features, Flying Skills, Learn To Fly, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills

Article: Aviation’s “Little” Emergencies

I had just departed Long Beach, Calif., in a Bellanca Viking, headed for the Reno Air Races, when black oil began flowing out of the cowling and onto the windshield. ...

Also labeled: Aircraft, Features, Flight Training, Flying Skills, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Safety

Article: Never Run It Dry

It was the Christmas holiday, and I was on my way back from the Bahamas to Venice, Fla.

Also labeled: Aircraft, Features, Flight Training, Flying Skills, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Safety

Article: 30 Things Not To Do In The Pattern

So much of aviation education is built around doing things right.

Also labeled: Features, Flight Training, Flying Skills, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Safety

Article: Getting Back Into It

Yeah, I got my license, but then I got married, had a couple of kids and got engrossed in building my career, so I didn't fly for a long time. ...

Also labeled: Features, Flying Skills, Learning Center, Pilot Skills, Proficiency

Article: ADS-B Weather In The Cockpit

More than 15 years ago, I found a public-domain app for the late, lamented Palm VII (one of the first pocket-sized wireless digital gizmos) that would let me call up NEXRAD weather radar graphics.

Also labeled: Aviation News, Avionics, Cockpit Gadgets, Features, Gadgets, Pilot Gear, Pilot Resources, Pilot Supplies

Article: Precision Flying

Precision and approximation: These are contradictory terms that, when applied to flying, have more to do with the pilot's mind-set than they do with skill. ...

Also labeled: Features, Flying Skills, Learning Center, Pilot Skills, Proficiency, Training

Article: A Part 142 Flight Review

Like so many aeronautical adventures, this was a quest for a signature.

Also labeled: Features, Flight Training, Flying Skills, Learning Center, Pilot Skills, Proficiency

Article: Co-Own A Plane!

There was one specific moment when I knew I had made the right decision to join an aircraft partnership.

Also labeled: Aircraft Ownership, Aircraft Partnership, Best Buys, Buyer's Guide, Features, Fractional Ownership, Ownership, Partnership, People and Places, Pilot Resources

Article: It's An LSA World

New movements can take awhile to root in the public consciousness.

Also labeled: Aircraft Ownership, Features, LSAs, New Airplanes, People and Places, Pilot Resources

Article: Landing Without Flight Controls

The airplane had been climbing through 8,000 feet out of Baghdad for Bahrain when it was hit in the left wing by a shoulder-launched, surface-to-air missile, fired by a Fedayeen terrorist.

Also labeled: Features, Pilot Resources, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Proficiency, Situational Awareness

Article: The Lure Of The Backcountry

Hiding far beneath the surface of aviation's well-known conservative demeanor are those who find their flying excitement off the beaten path. ...

Also labeled: Adventure Flying, Aircraft, Aircraft Ownership, Aviation Resources, Best Buys, Buyer's Guide, Buying A Plane, Features, New Aircraft, Pilot Resources, Staying Current

Article: Top 20 LSA

The sky isn't falling on the LSA phenomenon, though daily reports of global financial megadoom continue apace.

Also labeled: Adventure Aircraft, Adventure Flying, Aircraft, Aircraft Ownership, Aviation Resources, Best Buys, Buyer's Guide, Buying A Plane, Features, New Aircraft, Pilot Resources, Staying Current

Article: Dream Machines

Whether you're just one lottery ticket away from your dream machine or you've got cash burning a hole in your pocket, turbine power is the ultimate way to go. ...

Also labeled: Aircraft, Aircraft Ownership, Aviation Resources, Best Buys, Buyer's Guide, Buying A Plane, Features, New Aircraft, Pilot Resources, Staying Current, Turbine Singles, Turbine Twins

Article: Piston Twins Buyer's Guide 2012

Back in the '70s and '80s, there were nearly two dozen twins on the market.

Also labeled: Aircraft, Aircraft Ownership, Aviation Resources, Best Buys, Buyer's Guide, Buying A Plane, Features, New Aircraft, Pilot Resources, Piston Twins, Staying Current

Article: Piston Singles Buyer’s Guide 2012

Despite what some folks believed was a down economy for piston aircraft, there are still nearly four dozen models on the market, and all 11 manufacturers seem to be standing strong against the recession.

Also labeled: Aircraft, Aircraft Ownership, Aviation Resources, Best Buys, Buyer's Guide, Buying A Plane, Features, New Aircraft, Pilot Resources, Piston Singles, Staying Current

Article: Bahamas 101: Recipe For Paradise

We're skimming low over the Atlantic Ocean, some 80 miles southeast of Fort Lauderdale. Below us is a giant marble—brilliant glass with swirls of every shade of blue and green you can imagine, and flattened so it stretches as far as the eye can...

Also labeled: Adventure Flying, Aviation News, Features, People and Places, Pilot Resources

Article: The Dangers Of Noise Fatigue

I was tired. No, beyond tired. I was fairly well-whipped. There are no legal limits imposed on flight hours associated with ferry flying, and stupidly. ...

Also labeled: Features, Gear, Headsets, Passenger Comfort, Pilot Gear, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Pilot Supplies

Article: Winter Flying Tips

Winter is as inevitable as aging, and for pilots who live in or fly to the northern latitudes, every winter will present significant challenges.

Also labeled: Adventure Flying, Features, Emergency Situations, Flight Hazards, Flight Planning, Flying Skills, Journeys, Pilot Resources, Pilot Safety, Proficiency, Safety, Situational Awareness, Weather, Weather Flying, Weather Skills, Winter Weather

Article: Choice Aftermarket Stops for Turboprops

American Aviation Inc. American Aviation at Coeur d'Alene Airport in Idaho offers modifications for Beechcraft King Airs, Piper Cheyennes and Cessna Conquests. ...

Also labeled: Aviation Resources, Best Buys, Buyer's Guide, Features, Modifications, New Products, Pilot Gear, Pilot Resources, Pilot Supplies

Article: 100 Years Of Naval Aviation

He did so in a 60 hp Curtiss Model D, which was constructed from spruce, bamboo and doped linen, and had a maximum speed of 43 knots. (function(){ var flashvars = {affiliateSiteId:"85996", widgetId:"108329",...

Also labeled: Aviation News, Features, People and Places, Pilot Resources, Adventure Flying

Article: Risk Management

Risk management is a solid concept, and an often-used term in aviation, medicine, firefighting, insurance and business.

Also labeled: Accident Statistics, ATC, Decision Making, Features, Flying Skills, Learning Center, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills

Article: Our 10 Favorite Cirrus SR22S

It’s fair to say that Cirrus changed general aviation in a way that hasn’t been seen since the halcyon days following World War II, when it seemed everybody built airplanes.

Also labeled: Aviation Resources, Best Buys, Buyer's Guide, Features, Modifications, New Products, Pilot Gear, Pilot Resources, Pilot Supplies

Article: 30 Ways To Make Your Pilot Certificate Sizzle

I’m still amazed when I land. I sometimes sit in the cockpit, as the gyros wind down and the prop clicks to a stop, and wonder at the magic of it all. ...

Also labeled: Adventure Aircraft, Air Shows, Aircraft Ownership, Aviation History, Aviation News, Aviation Photography, Backcountry Flying, Features, Floatplanes, People and Places, Photography, Pilot Resources

Article: IFR Communications: Serious Business

I listened carefully to the clearance on the first go-around, shook my head in exasperation, and wondered if the controller had been a trumpet player in a previous life. ...

Also labeled: Accident Statistics, ATC, Decision Making, Features, Flying Skills, Learning Center, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills

Article: Oshkosh 2011

Economies rise and fall like ocean waves. Headlines blare about this debt crisis and that stock market selloff, and through it all we keep on keeping on: That’s what humans do.

Also labeled: Air Shows, Aviation News, Aviation Resources, Best Buys, Buyer's Guide, Cockpit Gadgets, Features, Gadgets, Gear, New Products, Pilot Gear, Pilot Resources, Pilot Supplies

Article: Masters Of Glass: LSA Avionics Roundup

The economy hasn't dampened the resolve or enthusiasm of the avionics industry, which continues its feverish develop-ment of ever-more-spectacular instrumentation to help us fly with greater awareness, safety and simplicity.

Also labeled: Aircraft, Best Buys, Buyer's Guide, Cockpit Gadgets, Gear, LSAs, Pilot Gear, Pilot Supplies