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Three fighters zoomed by on approach to the same runway. The tailpipes were glowing red and looked like they were 10 feet in diameter

I have been flying for 19 years and now fly corporate/mission operations overseas. The overseas operations, which I have done for six years, have provided many excellent learning opportunities – as well as some scary moments.

Last week we were returning from an international, operating our Twin Cessna in and out of marginal VFR/IFR conditions.

When descending for the main international airport it is always imperative to monitor every transmission. This is doubly true in developing countries. Although this particular airport is an international airport, the radar operates perhaps 30 percent of the time and ATC uses broken English and fluent French. In many instances there are two and…

At 13:45 central time, a Learjet LJ-60 struck two deer during landing and ran off the end of runway 7, seriously injuring the two pilots aboard. Witnesses said the airplane collided with the deer shortly after touchdown and continued down the runway with the brakes on. The aircraft departed the right side of the runway near the end, crossed a taxiway and hit a ditch, where it burst into flames. Rescuers were able to extricate the crew before the fire engulfed the cockpit. The pilot said the thrust reversers failed to operate when activated….

The following is derived from maintenance facility submissions to the FAA’s Service Difficulty Reports database.

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A destination wedding provides a chance to reconnect with people with shared experiences.

There’s no recognized certification for aircraft sales brokers, so why hire one in the first place? In fact, there aren’t even certifications or regulations providing consumer protections for aircraft buyers outside of the Universal Commercial Codes and import/export requirements of individual countries. Most aircraft buyers, it is assumed, are sophisticated enough to look out for […]

When Scott McCall was a kid growing up in California, his favorite pastime was flying a Lear 45 on Microsoft Flight Simulator. “My friends were playing Grand Theft Auto, and there I was in the simulator flying across the world,” he says. Scott’s parents recognized his interest in aviation and bought him two introductory flights. […]

(January 2012) The history of powered flight is short. So short that A.L. Ueltschi has lived during most of it. Ueltschi is, of course, the founder of FlightSafety International. The company is perhaps one of the most emblematic of the exponential growth of aviation; as airplanes became more sophisticated and pilots were asked to understand […]

Known as one of the fastest piston twins ever built, the pressurized, turbocharged version boosts speed by flying high.