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Like just about everybody else, I first saw the Mooney Acclaim on the opening day at this year’s Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In, when Mooney unveiled it before a standing-room only crowd of aviation journalists and interested show-goers. The particular airplane that Mooney unveiled, N312TN, cut a striking figure on thegreen grass that sunny Florida morning, […]

I have been studying general aviation accidents for almost 50 years and it is amazing that over all this period of time we have lost eight, plus or minus a few, IFR airplanes to thunderstorms each year. It’s amazing because when I started there was little or no radar information on thunderstorms available, where now […]

I have been studying general aviation accidents for almost 50 years and it is amazing that over all this period of time we have lost eight, plus or minus a few, IFR airplanes to thunderstorms each year. It’s amazing because when I started there was little or no radar information on thunderstorms available, where now […]

Dear Uncle:

How have you been lately? It seems your name makes the news often, and not always in the best light. We admit that we havent written as often as we should; hope youll understand that were all pretty busy these days. We know you are, too. All of us here hope youll soon shrug off the distractions youve been facing and once again will be able to focus on helping out the rest of us.

When you get to that point, we hope youll stop for a moment and consider whats going on out in the field. Demand for general aviation has never been greater, but your colleagues seem determined to keep erecting roadblocks. Their clamoring for user fees is one part; policies leading to…

Experience isnt just what youve done or what happens to you; its what you think about what youve done or what has happened to you. A good pilot is also always thinking ahead–and back.

Non-precision approaches may lack vertical guidance, but theyre anything but imprecise. Here are five things you need to think about before accepting that clearance.

Turbulence Flap
I am a retired aeronautical engineer and active CFI. I conduct many aviation safety seminars and teach, among other subjects, safety aspects for operating in turbulence. I have a comment regarding Taking It Slow (May 2006).

In this article, author Jeff Pardo states, Then when it gets below VFE or VLE, you respectively can lower the flaps or landing gear, if so equipped. That will slow you down more, of course.

Extending the landing gear is okay, but suggesting that extending the flaps to slow down in turbulence is a good idea is, well, a very bad idea. Flaps, besides increasing drag, cause a considerable increase in the airfoil camber and, in some cases,…

The relationship between angle of bank and stall speed isnt a mystery, but it is a bit complicated. Heres whats going on, and why.

How you fly the first few hours after installing new cylinders can mean the difference between a reliable engine and another top-end job.

Landing gear-related mishaps are alarmingly frequent. In-depth research shows distractions and modified procedures are usually to blame. Having a CFI aboard may not help.