Go or Stay? Getting Personal with Your Pilot Minimums
Making a decision to launch on any given day can be truly agonizing for airplane pilots depending on the weather and other circumstances.
Making a decision to launch on any given day can be truly agonizing for airplane pilots depending on the weather and other circumstances.
The aircraft was a modification of a 1950s-era Grumman Super Ag Cat biplane that replaced its single radial engine with two 310 hp Lycoming TIO-540 flat-6 engines.
It’s been more than two decades since then-Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley ordered large X’s carved into the runway, rendering it unusable.
Shortly after the airplane named ‘Maid of Money’ took off in December 2000, snow began to fall, and winds picked up to 50 knots.
Ready for some impromptu formation flying? How about a few thousand friends to critique your landing?
Ride along on a Microsoft Flight Simulator journey through history in one of the world’s first civilian airliners.
Many lessons were still learned along with a good friend on a recent flight taken many times before.
January 1, 2024, Mansfield, La. Beech C23 Sundowner The pilot later reported conducting a normal, full-flap landing to the runway. Upon touching down, the airplane’s nose landing gear collapsed, and a post-impact fire ensued after the airplane came to rest. The fire destroyed the airplane, limiting post-accident evaluation. A poor-quality airport surveillance video appeared to […]
No, we’re not going to beat you up for relying on your GPS. Instead, our concern is overreliance on your autopilot. But not for reasons you might think.
Famous designer Ted Smith’s fingerprints cover this speedy light twin, which outran the competition in its day.