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The benefits of transitioning from pilotage to dead reckoning, four course ranges, ADF, VORs, Loran and then to GPS have …
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The benefits of transitioning from pilotage to dead reckoning, four course ranges, ADF, VORs, Loran and then to GPS have …
A few weeks ago, my friend Ray recounted a scary experience he’d had in his high-performance single while …
Engine failure on takeoff is every pilot’s worst nightmare, but there’s one basic rule that applies to all …
When you’re on short final and descending through 50 feet, it really doesn’t make much difference how good …
I was doing my first solo out to the practice area north of the airport. I was doing some ground …
We’ve all seen super-pilots, such as Patty Wagstaff and Sean Tucker, who seem so in control of their …
As pilots, we’re used to flight planning. Flights are usually straightforward and easy to plan, but occasionally, they involve …
My first airplane, a 1947 Globe Swift, purchased in 1966 for $3,700 when I had a whopping 80 hours …
If aviation in the United States was a religion, its confessional would be the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS). Pilots …
A few days ago, I received a call from a pilot who was being seen by a physician in the …
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