Pilots tip of the Week: Forced Landing Checklist
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"I had an engine failure on downwind and a forced landing in a plowed corn field. I spent the last 500 feet concentrating on landing the airplane but did not block the...
www.jetwhine.com - Has the exemplary aviation safety record become its own worst enemy because it instills unrealistic expectations of risk in the minds of those fly? As a consequence, reactions to these infrequent but unpreventable circumstances instantly climbs to a...
blog.aopa.org - I've almost done it. Spent about 2 or 3 minutes visually lining up on a military airport instead of a small rural airport about 3 miles away (hidden by low clouds). I just kept thinking damn, that airport looks BIG !!! This...
Intentional or unintentional spiral dives have caused a number of fatalities throughout the world. Therefore, I have decided to pursue getting spiral dive recovery into the Practical Test Standards (PTS) so all new pilots and CFI's will start...
Many of you chose trikes because as a Light Sport Aircraft, a medical is not required. However, there are many trike pilots with Private Pilot License (For differences between Sport & Private Privileges click HERE)
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I always wondered why pilots are often like this ...
Why Pilots Love to Vilify Other Pilots
The desire to find easy answers to incidents like the wrong-airport landing of the 747 in Wichita isn’t that hard to understand.
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“Pilots begin their journey in the sky with an individualistic fervor. They guide the raw skill of flying by the personality that passing years, influences, and genetics have created. Some are meek and timid, some are bold and...