Learning Experiences

As these pilots discovered, a takeoff clearance at a busy towered airport doesn’t always mean there isn’t a potential conflict.

A brand-new instrument pilot turns down a short ferry flight in the middle of a snow storm for reasons.

There’s a reason the typical aircraft piston engine has two magnetos, but this isn’t it.

If I’m forgetting some basic, unrelated tasks before I fly, how can I be sure I’m not forgetting something else?

Dodging thunderstorms over the Everglades at night in a single. What could go wrong?

The problem with two or more pilots doing the preflight is that one of them always thinks something is the other’s responsibility.

A subscriber suddenly realizes they’ve read about how all the adverse factors stacking up in front of them can turn out.

Even with in-cockpit traffic, CTAF, moving maps and ATC’s help, we can get momentarily lost and disoriented, and forget to cancel IFR.

When you’re not looking, line personnel may secure your airplane for you. Try as you might, it’s not likely you can jump that chock.

This pilot lost voice communication with ATC, IFR, while entering Class C airspace, highlighting the value of writing things down.