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Add a late descent clearance to a request to expedite and the result is something Harry Callahan warned us about

Aircraft designers have put new effort into accident avoidance and crashworthiness. If only the elements could be adapted to older airplanes

Loss of your vacuum system or other flight instruments poses a challenge in training and real life, but its hardly a death sentence

Advancing technology puts weather downloads in the cockpit alongside the stalwart radar and sferics. The ideal setup is driven by budget

Checklists come in a variety of flavors, and just which kind suits your taste depends on what kind of pilot you are

As home beckons, commuting pilot slugs through storms and delays before finally meeting his match a half-hour from home

Engine gauges can tell you a lot about whats going on inside your engine – but you have to understand what theyre saying

Are the Feds really trying to lure us into busts or does it just look that way? Solution: Plan obsessively and question ATC instructions that dont sound right

Put a solid understanding of forward slips in your toolbox, sure, but remember theyre more useful as a tweezer than a pipe wrench

More on Garmin 430 shortcuts, including intercepting radials, departure procedures, avoiding airspace, and marking extended runway centerlines