Pilot Training

After decades of thinking about flight, in late June 2003, I finally took my first lesson. It was a great move that has gone on to take my family and me to places I expected and places I never dreamed of. The timing, though, could hardly have turned out worse. My career, which had always […]

Cessna 180 Skywagon 1 Fatal The private pilot was conducting a personal cross-country flight in instrument meteorological conditions. The airplane wasn’t certificated for flight into icing. A review of radar data and radio communications recordings revealed that, after an air traffic controller issued the pilot a descent from 10,000 to 8,000 ft. msl, the pilot […]

Reports from the NTSB

Already being tested in F-16s with application for GA aircraft, a new ground collision avoidance system may help pilots avert a date with dirt

The role of technology in helping pilots negotiate nonvirtual realities

Poor visibility (and poor judgment) leads to potentially dire consequences over rural West Texas

New-gen devices rock transition and recurrency training.