Safety
Article: The Littlest Emergency
Picture this: You’re cruising straight and l...
Article: Is 35 Hours Enough
The world’s flying community looks at the 35-hour yearly average for U.S. pilots and shakes its collective head. They bemoan what they perceive as a general lack of proficiency and place blame on the pilots, as though they’re doing it on pur...
Article: How To Keep Older Aircraft Flying
Article: ADS-B: The FAA’s Bold New Bid To Change The Way We Fly
Aircraft owners usually cast a wary eye when the FAA introduces a new technology. With each announcement, owners are concerned about paying a price to retain their rights to use the country’s...
Article: TKS Ice Protection
Publishing an aviation magazine can be a lot ...
Article: Bright Idea!
Every pilot knows...
Article: Avoiding CFIT
It seems as though every time you read a paper, there’s something about a pilot crashing a perfectly good airplane into the ground. These sad events are typically referred to as controlled f...
Article: High Test Flying
I’m fortunate to be able to fly a late-model Bonanza ...
Article: Overstressing The Airframe
Some pilots may believe that an instrument rating and a fair amount of flight time are good insurance against getting into a situation that results in losing aircraft control or exceeding...
Article: Extreme Flying: Winter, Part 1
It’s Gary Chamberlain’s...
Article: Spins
The “Shall we or shall we not teach spins?” debate has been...
Article: The Lowdown On Descents
Descents are too often regarded as throwaway maneuvers. Pilots place great emphasis on proper...
Article: Top 10 Rules Of Thumb
Pilots are expected to know lots of stuff. So it should come as no surprise that they like all...
Article: Balancing Act
Sometime back in the dark ages, I was getting ...
Article: How Old is Too Old?
In just the last few...
Article: Switching To Glass
It has finally happened. While...
Article: How High Are We Now?
If you have a GPS and a blind encoder in your ...
Article: Aircraft And Engine Preheat Is A Big Deal
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