IFR Magazine

• HOW WE DIE, PART 1
• AIRSPACE REVIEW
• IFR FILES: RUIDOSO
• LOAs: TRIBAL KNOWLEDGE
• A DME/DME RNAV FUTURE?

• Where’s It Say That?
• Lift Theories
• Cockpit Smoke
• Listen To ATC
• Charting Errors

I was a new controller and just assigned to my first duty station, Falcon Field in Mesa Arizona. I had a pretty good working relationship with my crew mate. It was slow and we had the frequencies on the speaker so we could use handsets instead of wearing headsets. Out of nowhere we get a […]

Schedules, climate, and other factors can limit our ability to maintain instrument currency in actual instrument conditions. The FAA allows us to maintain currency by using flight simulators and training deices without an instructor, but not all of us have access to an acceptable device. Besides, it is much more fun to fly an airplane […]

While most swans that we see have white feathers, black swans do exist. In 2007, Nassim Nicholas Taleb published a book titled Black Swan. He described a “Black Swan Event” as an unforeseeable event that goes beyond what is expected with potentially dire consequences, with a very low probability of happening, and one that we […]

Sim Challenge Workout I love the magazine! Amazing work all around. I just completed Jeff Van West’s November Sim Challenge (around Monterey, CA) on my own simulator. Wow! That was a challenge. I’m fortunate enough to live in the Monterey Bay area and the next step was to fly it for real in my RV-6A. […]

Fuel Dump Raises Questions The FAA says it will “thoroughly investigate” the circumstances of an emergency landing by a Delta 777 at LAX that involved dumping thousands of gallons of fuel over the city. Photos shown by local media and social media suggest the aircraft jettisoned fuel for about six minutes as it set up […]

Those of you who regularly read my remarks have probably noticed that I don’t often take on global subjects, instead preferring to discuss narrow or even personal situations. After all, there are commentators out there who are far better informed than I bother to keep myself, so I’m happy to let them comment on things […]

• SKI COUNTRY FLYING
• PAPER STOPS
• ARE YOU READY FOR MON?
• SAFETY PILOT RULES
• FLIGHT PLAN QUIZ
• PICK AND CHOOSE