Proficiency Understanding VFR Into IMC Accidents While there are many factors and influences that can cause pilots trouble in flight, weather is one of the most … By David Ison
Pilot Talk Is Glass Safer? Earlier this year, the NTSB released the findings of a special study that they conducted comparing glass-cockpit aircraft and … By David Ison
Pilot Talk Google Earth: The Ultimate Preflight Tool To this day, I can remember a rather “interesting” experience that occurred on a long solo cross-country while I … By David Ison
Proficiency Deciphering Accident Statistics The aviation industry sure loves its statistics—there’s an X% chance of this, and one aircraft is Y times … By David Ison
Proficiency Bernoulli Or Newton: Who’s Right About Lift? Just about every pilot would agree that studying certain aspects of flight can be a time-consuming mental workout. Any … By David Ison
Proficiency Getting To Know AOA It’s a pristine, fair-weather day, so you can’t resist the urge to hit the sky for some … By David Ison
Proficiency Avoiding CFIT It seems as though every time you read a paper, there’s something about a pilot crashing a perfectly good … By David Ison
Proficiency Top 10 Rules Of Thumb Pilots are expected to know lots of stuff. So it should come as no surprise that they like all the … By David Ison
Proficiency Top 10 Pilot Errors One of the most disturbing statistics about general-aviation accidents is that more than 75% of them are made because … By David Ison
Proficiency Don’t Be Dense About Density Altitude It can prevent you from taking off from the same runway you did the day before. It will sap power … By David Ison