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You and your passengers are okay, but the airplane will need some work before it flies again. How will you secure it and handle what comes next?

You might be good enough to bend rules, but it could just be luck. What happens when the luck runs out?

Ferrying a Cessna Pressurized Centurion to its new home should not have been a great challenge. So why did two pilots manage to run it out of gas?

A decade ago, the avionics in one panel worked the same as the next. Not anymore. Theres genuine risk in flying glass without training.

Avoiding overgross loading is a given. But if you tweak the CG, you can improve handling and maybe eke out an extra knot or two.

Transitioning from winter to summer weather takes some thoughtful effort. Its not just about density altitude and performance charts.

You might be current under the FARs, but are you proficient?

Your airplanes safest turbulence-penetration speed may not be the published maneuvering speed. Why you might be too fast, and what you can do about it.

Flying is an art, with a little bit of science thrown in. But that science doesnt have to be intimidating if we apply a few rules of thumb.

Pilots sometimes decide to live with some chronic mechanical problems. This time, it wasnt a good idea.