The Grace Of The Base To Final Turn
The early instructions are clear. Abeam the numbers, reduce power. First flaps. Pitch for speed. When the far numbers are …
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The early instructions are clear. Abeam the numbers, reduce power. First flaps. Pitch for speed. When the far numbers are …
Suppose you or I had taken off on a solo flight, and within minutes, had to execute an emergency landing …
When I was younger, and for the longest time, it seems, when I ate pizza, I would invariably burn the …
Before each departure from Heathrow Airport, I meet my fellow pilots at our Crew Report Centre. We shake hands and …
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The NTSB recently finished its investigation of the October 28, 2013, accident involving a Cessna Citation 500 in which a …
Our Christmas morning wasn’t what it should have been: we got a call early on that my ex-brother …
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