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Pilot’s Discretion: Aviate, Navigate, Communicate — Then Record!

There's a time and a place for taking pictures during your flight, but safety is always more important than a few likes on Facebook. iStock
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Key Takeaways:

Just a little bit lower.” Those words are a great way to star in an NTSB accident report (right up there with “watch this”), since they usually precede a dangerous maneuver. While low passes are certainly not a new ­invention, the motivation for them seems to have evolved lately, and we can thank the smartphone. Instead of showing off to a friend on the ground, the goal is to get the perfect picture for Facebook. After all, life nowadays is measured in likes.

John Zimmerman

John Zimmerman grew up in the back of small airplanes and moved to the front at age 16. He flies a Pilatus PC-12 and a Robinson R44.

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