Why Before-Takeoff Control Checks Are Important
Maintenance techs aren’t required to be pilots or aerodynamicists.
Aftermath
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Sometimes It’s Better Just to Follow the Instructions
The 225-hour commercial pilot, 55, had built his JD-2 Dyke Delta in St. Louis and, after several test flights there, took it to Safford, Arizona. Originally intended as a roadable aircraft, the JD-2 had folding wings and sufficiently springy main gear and large tires to allow it to be towed behind a car. It made […]
Into the Dark of Spatial Disorientation
Do you believe your backside or your lyin’ eyes?
The Downwind Turn Revisited
In 2018, a Junkers Ju 52 crashed in the Swiss Alps while attempting to cross a 10,000-foot saddle from south to north amid gusting winds.
Examining the Aftermath of a Cessna P210 Accident
The NTSB included among factors related to the accident the pilot’s overconfidence in himself—and the airplane.
Only Questions Remain from a T-28A Trojan’s Final Flight
Examining the aftermath of a mysterious, fatal crash of a 1950s Air Force trainer.
When a Pilot’s Decision to Fly at Low Altitude Proved Fatal
Pilots like to fly low, so what can we learn from this 2017 Cessna 172 accident?
A Case of Losing Power, Far From an Airport
The gospel on turn-backs after a power loss just after takeoff is to continue straight ahead, no matter how uninviting the terrain looks.
A Pilot Races Weather, and Weather Wins
A Navion crash in November 2016 could have been avoided by breaking an old habit.
Aftermath of the 2015 Crash of a Beech B33 Debonair
In August 2015, a Florence, South Carolina, doctor, 51, left his home field early in the morning on a vacation trip whose eventual destination was the Grand Canyon.
