stalls

Learning how to master this flying element will make you a more confident, safer pilot.

Fly the aircraft—and remember to plan ahead.

The radio chatter was all in Spanish except for our instructions, and as we rolled down the runway beneath a hazy Mexican sky, almost everything felt out of place. The captain and I were in street clothes. A mechanic was on the jumpseat, videoing the takeoff roll to capture instrument indications. In back, nine more […]

A little after 9 a.m., 45 seconds after takeoff, one of the pilots of a Velocity V-Twin radioed the tower at Janesville, Wisconsin (KJVL): “We’d like to circle back and land Runway 32 and…work through some engine issues if we could.” ATC acknowledged the request, asked the pilot to report turning final for Runway 32, […]