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  • BRS Training: Cirrus Deploys Chute Training

    Cirrus says it has made pilot safety its new top priority with a program designed to...ost of safety features, like automatic levelers and flight envelope detection and overri...ould," said Rob Haig, Cirrus's director of flig...

  • 4 Making Progress & Radio Problems:

    ...de thedecision to stop at the first AP that made sense after Spri...ring that descent.Most of the flight had been in warm, moist air...lm (which isprobably why I my first bad landing of the trip) but t...nd quick in-air WX updates andFlight Guide for some weather while...

  • 7 On to John's House (Williamsburg Airport (KJGG))

    Posted June 25th: On to John's [Williams] HouseThe next morning I...nly about 7 miles from Dareto First Flight, so I did a touch and go and...rkers for the Wright Brother'sfirst four flights. First Flight is like Mecca...urg Airport (KJGG).One of his first questions was, are you hungry?...

  • 12 Groundhog Day (Again)- More in this Long DistanceTrike Flying Adventure series

    Groundhog Day (Again) -  More in this Long DistanceTrike Flying AdventureThis...hat things would start toburn off during the 110 SM flight and I would be able to weaveu...ated,then continue tomorrow.About 30 miles into the flig...

  • Aeros Grounds ALL Topless Combat HG's 2011-2013 for potential Cross-Bar Failure

    ...oth pilots were unharmed. The first accident happened on August 2n...cidents happened during level flight at moderate speed and the wea...O BE ACHIEVED BEFORE THE NEXT FLIGHT! Fly safe!   Fro...fell slowly on his back, keel first on the ground. Damage inc...(June 2012) with less than 40 flig...

  • 8 Williamsburg headed towards NYC to hook up with Barry M.

    Before I back fill you in on Craig's adventures so far, here's a recent re...o hook up with Barry M. We had a nice flight up the coast. Craig did a lan...south of NYC, Craig deserves a decent flight through one of the more spect...ch, he's done some pretty adventurous flig...

  • Cross Country tools: (Equipment)

    From emails exchanged during my 48 state cross-country trip A partial list of electronic equipment carriedOn this t...nning, sectionalchart display and quite a bit of weather information. Also have Flig...

  • Asiana 777 Crash: Shocking Inside Perspective their training and results seen at SFO

    ...I worked in Korea for 5 long years and although I found most of...for us expats. One of the first things I learned was that the...600-800 Ft/Min. But, after 5 years, they finally nailed me. I sti...give him annual PCs for a few years and he was always a good pilot...

  • Tethering!

    Just an update to safety. On my last flight I leared the value of tethering. I was shooting one handed, flying  with the other when my Iphone dropped as I pressed th...

  • Topic 3: Leaving the pattern to early

    Topic 3) Leaving the pattern to early The beginning of every flight is a mini-test flight.  You may think everythi...of the time it will be in the first few minutes.  A touch and...problems happen early in the flight. So don't be in a ru...engine out at any moment your flig...