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Studies show that CEOs who are pilots are better in the boardroom and with the bottom line because of their affinity for aviation.
Are you an aviation enthusiast or pilot? Sign up for our newsletter, full of tips, reviews and more! As a newly minted first officer, I was assigned to a rather senior IOE (Initial Operating Experience) captain. Bob was a man of few words. He was also a man of eminent good sense, zero pretense and an more »
A pilot was in for a big surprise following a precautionary landing in a farm field.
Are you an aviation enthusiast or pilot? Sign up for our newsletter, full of tips, reviews and more! While I may be a relatively experienced pilot, that doesn’t mean I know everything and can’t make mistakes. No pilot is ever that good. One of the things that I have always tried to do is to be more »
Bad troubleshooting leads to a preventable tragedy.
Are you an aviation enthusiast or pilot? Sign up for our newsletter, full of tips, reviews and more! Like many of you, I bought my first airplane a long time ago, and the panel looked like something out of a South American locomotive. There was a very tired, crystal-controlled Narco VHT3 navcom that worked on alternate more »
High-tech cockpits are supposed to make flying safer. But do they really?
Neat and interesting facts about post-war aviation.
A flight in a Citation X+ gave one pilot the chance to see something very few people ever have, the curvature of the earth.
Figuring out how to pass the time before your next trip in a day or two at an unfamiliar airport takes practice.
The answer key for the crossword puzzle found in the 2018 issue of Plane & Pilot.
Learn why or why not, you would need both GPS and DME in your plane for approaches.
Airline pilot Jeremy King shares his experience riding in a Ford Trimotor, one of the first really successful airliners.
An inexperienced seaplane pilot attempting a lake landing dowwind, and with huge logs floating in the water leads to a lot of lessons being learned.
If damage is done to a plane during a flight, pilots need to report it so the issue gets fixed and doesn’t put others in harm’s way.
This “After the Accident” article explores CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain).
Santa Barbara to Sydney sounds like a long trip. You have no idea.
Subscribe today to Plane & Pilot magazine for industry news, reviews and much more delivered straight to you! First bombing: 1911, just eight years after the first flight by the Wrights Place: Libya (Italo-Turkish War) Payload: specially designed steel bombs containing picric acid. Casualties: Zero First purpose-built bombers: 1913, Bristol T.B. 8 (British) and the Caproni more »