Solo Drama: Student Pilot’s Wheel Fell Off On Takeoff
Tower and instructor team up to help young woman battling an emergency in one of her first flights.
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Tower and instructor team up to help young woman battling an emergency in one of her first flights.
After the attacks against our nation using one of our nation’s most prized achievements, our aerospace system, some feared the demise of private aviation. Just not anyone who knew the kind of stuff of which pilots are made.
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.
Another airliner near miss with tragedy barely avoided
A group representing airport tenants in New Jersey and Florida wants to do something about the negative effects of frequent and long-lasting Presidential flight restrictions.
Most modern avionics have at least some kind of data recording capability. If you damage an airplane, investigators could use it to track you down.
This “After the Accident” article explores CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain).
The new model on its first flight did a complete mission from takeoff to taxi without human intervention.
The agency has crunched the numbers and the takeaway is that we GA types are doing a bad job at this one really critical skill.
This once-in-a-lifetime get together will make you wonder if it’s real or if it’s Photoshop.