I linked this video because it demonstrates nicely a wingtip stall, in a high rate turn, low level on finals. Don't get caught out like this. Very unforgiving. It is approaches like this that cause a lot of accidents because in the event of a...
Glad it wasn't worst and there was people by the runway to help. I kept screaming go-around. At what point do you think he needed to make the go-around call?
www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au - ..... UPDATE 4PM "HIS JACKET COULD HAVE SAVED HIM": pilot's fight for life
SURF lifesavers who pulled the pilot of a downed light aircraft out of the water say his waterproof jacket could have saved him.
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I got this email from a friend here at AllTrikes. It's an apparent insider's perspective on why the crash of the Korean Asiana 777 at San Francisco (SFO) 5 days ago was inevitable and his thought that more are bound to...
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...
Some say John "Ole" Olson ( @wingedgringo ) is crazy or weird for mentioning that several fatalities have involved 912 engines. To paraphrase "912s are killing people !!" What do you think? Do you buy what some...
this was todays F.U. i had flown, landed, decided i need even more fun, took off, drifted a coupla feet too far left, the wheel hit a berm and over we went. pilot error, no excuses. much destruction, wing, prop, forks, instr. housing, possible crank...
Authorities say a leaping elk brought down a research helicopter trying to capture the animal in the mountains of eastern Utah.
http://www.pekintimes.com/news/20180213/leaping-elk-crashes-low-flying-research-helicopter-in-utah