Search Results for: Cessna 172

There’s an art to moving airplanes on the ground.

Routinely talking with controllers makes flying safer, more efficient, and less stressful.

Our training for the instrument ticket focused on flying by reference to instruments, how to shoot approaches, holds etc. By that point pilots were presumed to have mastered the art of landing, so who needed any more instruction on that? (Or, so the argument goes.) Your approach speed is an essential precursor to a good […]

Cessna 172R Skyhawk Broken Oil Pressure Switch During a private pilot checkride, the examiner noticed oil specks on the windshield and diverted for a precautionary landing. The dipstick indicated zero oil. Examination revealed the oil pressure switch had broken and three quarts of oil remained. An airworthiness directive requires switch replacement by 3000 hours. This […]

February 4, 2023, Austin, Texas Boeing 737-700/Boeing 767-300 At about 0640 Central time, a Federal Express Boeing 767 and a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 “were involved in a runway incursion with overflight that resulted in a loss of separation,” the NTSB reported. There were no injuries in the incident. Both flights operated under FAR 121 […]

The more complex the airplane, the more we train.

Cal Poly Humboldt takes first steps toward establishing an aviation program.

CFIs should glean lessons from the annual Nall Report to help learners understand where risk originates.

Winter and airframe icing are like peanut butter and jelly; it’s hard to imagine one without the other.

Members of Amelia Earhart’s family are expected to be in attendance at the grand opening of the museum, which has the world’s last remaining Lockheed Electra 10-E.