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...
last friday was lovely, sunny, 50 deg, no wind. but saturday was different, with possible thunderstorms, etc. this happened saturday. i had spent the last coupla' weeks rebuilding 'phang', now known as 'feenix', my cosmos echo, and...