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Featured Flying Technique  Sporty's Academy Known for its famous mail-order pilot supply business, Sporty's is also a place where aspiring pilots can learn to fly. October 2009 Piston Engine Essentials The care and feeding of piston engines is a joint effort of both pilots and mechanics. October 2009  Is That a Thunderstorm? Weather radar is a great tool, but we need all of our senses for severe weather avoidance. May 2009 Weather Lessons Learned Raw experience and not book learning will teach you what's up with the weather. Richard shares some many lessons learned. February 2008 12 Steps to Understanding Weather Information Richard Collins points out 12 steps in handling weather and the inherent risks. March 2007  Emergency Practice Pays Off Someone once told me that aircraft accidents happen every 5,000 hours during a pilot's flying career. Well, mine came at 6,000 hours rather than 5,000. ... October 2009 One Husband, One Plane, One Terrified Wife I must admit, when my firefighter husband, Jake, told me a year ago that he was going to take flying lessons, I was more than ... September 2009 Not by the Book This is not your normal "learned about that" story. But an example of how a little bit of aviation knowledge, which didn't appear in "the ... August 2009 Something Felt Wrong It was Sunday morning and time to head home. I had been fishing in British Columbia over the previous four days with some of my ... July 2009  Relaxation of Vigilance It was one of those fine, late-fall, California desert nights: velvety-black, moonless and calm. The 182 took off from the North Las Vegas Airport bound ... October 2009 Out of Reach On January 9, 2007, the pilot of a Cessna 207 prepared for a cargo flight from Kenai, Alaska, south of Anchorage, to Kokhanok, 127 nm ... September 2009 Dark Passage It was the middle of a short December day when a call came to a helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) firm in Soldotna, Alaska, requesting ... August 2009 The Myth of Gross Weight "The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering for approach to land. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's operation of the airplane above the ... July 2009  1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 NEXT |
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