A Student Pilot Gets A Surprise On A Pre-Solo Flight
See how a student pilot handles a gear up landing.
Lessons Learned
Explore Lessons Learned About Flying (and about life), where pilots share their first-person accounts of gripping flights gone bad, and how their skills and quick thinking allowed them to survive to fly another day
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Flying In Formation Led To Romance For Two Pilots
How a seemingly uneventful Unicom call changed everything.
A Young Pilot Is Forced To Improvise To Save The Day
An unwelcome surprise provides a powerful and unexpected lesson to a young pilot.
Tactical Napping: How To Sleep On The Job
It’s not something they’ll talk about in sim training, but maybe they should.
Going Through Your First Check Ride And Meeting Your Flight Examiner
A pilot shares his fears leading up to his first check ride and meeting his flight examiner.
A Precautionary Landing Leads To A Big Surprise
Upon inspection, that quiet farm field was anything but!
Lake Landing Lessons
A downwind landing is seldom a good idea. An inexperienced seaplane pilot attempting one with huge logs floating across the landing path is a really bad one.
New Pilot, Tough Call
Faced with a tough judgement call, a new Private Pilot found himself in a tight spot.
Inexperienced Pilots Experience Sheer Horror During Flight
Inexpierence, inadequate planning and some bad luck lead to near disaster.
Ferrying a Racer VFR into IMC
A trip home with a brand new plane in unexpectedly terrible weather made for an unforgettable flight.
