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A daylight scud run in a slow airplane is risky enough. This accident reveals how deadly it can be at night in a fast airplane.

Its again the time of year when icing forecasts can figure prominently in your go/no-go decision. Heres how to find ice and avoid it.

If you became incapacitated, would your passenger know how to get the plane back on the ground? Heres what you can do to improve the odds.

Fatigue can have a measurable impact, even when you think youre rested. Heres what the studies say and how you can fight back.

Handling a crosswind correctly means maintaining directional control. Here are six common tools you can use to prevent runway excursions.

Few things demand getting the airplane on the ground more quickly than an in-flight fire. Heres why.

Each flight involves assessing risk and making judgment calls. How does your decision-making ability stack up against other pilots?

Climbing to the flight levels puts your body through major changes that mere oxygen cant address. Heres whats going on and some tips on how to minimize the effects.

The FARs set minimum standards everybody is free to exceed. But what would they look like if aviation insurance companies wrote them?

Some basic planning and a few bucks means redundancy in a single doesnt have to be an oxymoron. Here are some tips on making it so.