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 …
David Ison
Is Glass Safer?
Earlier this year, the NTSB released the findings of a special study that they conducted comparing glass-cockpit aircraft and …
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 …
Deciphering Accident Statistics
The aviation industry sure loves its statistics—there’s an X% chance of this, and one aircraft is Y times …
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 …
Getting To Know AOA
It’s a pristine, fair-weather day, so you can’t resist the urge to hit the sky for some …
Avoiding CFIT
It seems as though every time you read a paper, there’s something about a pilot crashing a perfectly good …
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 …
Top 10 Pilot Errors
One of the most disturbing statistics about general-aviation accidents is that more than 75% of them are made because …
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 …
