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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. ...

Also labeled: Accident Statistics, Columns, FAA Regulations, Features, Flight Hazards, In-Flight Emergencies, NTSB Reports, People and Places, Pilot Talk, Proficiency, Weather Flying, Weather Skills

Article: FlightPrep ChartBook

Over the years, we’ve reviewed quite a few electronic flight bags (EFBs) and other devices that have claimed to eliminate paper from the cockpit.

Also labeled: Best Buys, Cockpit Gadgets, Columns, Features, Gear, Handheld Gadgets, Navigation, New Products, Pilot Gear, Pilot Supplies, Pilot Talk, Buyer's Guide

Article: Air Shows As GA Rallying Point

As much of the aviation industry suffered through the effects of the historic economic downturn during the last year, the air show industry experienced double-digit growth and, in some markets, record attendance.

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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...

Also labeled: Accident Statistics, FAA Regulations, In-Flight Emergencies, NTSB Reports, People and Places, Weather Flying, Weather Skills

Article: My Secret

I have a secret that I’m going to let fly with the aviation community. I have a secret that I’m going to let fly with the...

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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, FAA Regulations, Flight Hazards, Learning Center, Navigation, Accident Statistics, Decision Making, Flight Training

Article: Reflections On Inner & Outer Flight

Why are we so fascinated by flight? What draws us to it? What makes flight so special? Why are we so...

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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, FAA Regulations, Features, Flight Hazards, In-Flight Emergencies, Pilot Talk, Winter Weather, Aircraft Maintenance, Emergency Situations, In-Flight Failures, Maintenance

Article: 21st-Century Technology For Every Cockpit!

The world of panel-mount avionics has changed almost beyond recognition in the past 10 years, with glass panels and digital displays rapidly taking over from the “steam gauges” of the 20th century.

Also labeled: Avionics, Best Buys, Buyer's Guide, Gadgets, Gear, Glass Cockpits, New Products, Pilot Supplies

Article: Formation Flying! Part II

Formation flying is a dangerous and, for me, compellingly beautiful and engaging experience. Formation flying is a dangerous and, for...

Also labeled: Aerobatics, Air Shows, Decision Making, Features, Flight Hazards, Flying Skills, Journeys, Learning Center, People and Places, Pilot Skills, Proficiency

Article: Honeywell’s KFD 840

Eight pounds. Doesn’t sound like much. But aviators understand the significance of weight—particularly decreasing it. Eight pounds. Doesn’t sound like much....

Also labeled: Avionics, Best Buys, Buyer's Guide, Gadgets, Gear, Glass Cockpits, New Products, Pilot Supplies

Article: Tech Talk: Qref Books & Checklists

For most general aviation pilots today, a GPS is standard equipment, whether it’s in the panel, on a yoke mount or in a flight bag as a backup device. For m...

Also labeled: Avionics, Best Buys, Buyer's Guide, Gadgets, Learning Center, New Products, Pilot Supplies

Article: Weather-Smart With Scenario-Based Training

Recently, a VFR pilot flying a Cessna 172 departed after dark in VMC and flew into IMC. Shortly after takeoff, the pilot reported an electrical failure to ATC, but continued into a thickening blanket of fog.

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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.

Also labeled: Columns, FAA Regulations, Features, Flight Hazards, In-Flight Emergencies, Pilot Talk, Weather Flying, Weather Skills, Winter Weather

Article: WAAS

The benefits of...

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

Article: Smoke On!

It’s hot in this race plane…even at 1,000 feet…or is it just me? My mouth is dry and my heart is racing as I watch the competitor before me twisting his way through the track. ...

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Article: The Country Pilot

Also labeled: Features, Flying Skills, Journeys, Learning Center, People and Places, Pilot Skills, Tailwheels

Article: Protecting Kenya’s National Parks

I often wear a little leather choker with two bronze elephant tusks. I picked it up a few years ago in a Nairobi gallery called Matt Bronze, and it reminds me of the wild things that still live in Kenya.

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