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Weather And GA
It should come as no surprise that weather-related general aviation (GA) accidents continue to take their toll. For example, the AOPA Air Safety Foundations (ASF) 2004 Nall Report found that only 2.8 percent of all accidents involving single-engine fixed-gear airplanes were weather-related, but that weather was involved in 12 percent of fatal accidents involving these aircraft. The ASFs report goes on to note, The overwhelming majority resulted from continued VFR into IMC; quite simply, a pilot flying by reference to outside visual cues flew into low visibility conditions and lost control of the aircraft or hit terrain.

In September, the National Transport…

On The Money
Your editorial (Editor’s Log, September 2005) on the FAA’s actions leading to eliminating the traffic information service (TIS) is on the money…and “money” is the operative word.

I have three airplanes with TIS in my company fleet after being proselytized at length by FAA propaganda and at agency seminars by the folks bringing us TIS services. We invested in Mode S/TIS transponders to enhance the safety of our operations in high traffic areas.

Personally, I think all buyers of this equipment should corner AOPA or some aviation attorney and file a class action suit against the FAA and the nimrods within it who sell us on buying into their safety mantra only…

New technologies have brought us very capable glass panels, and theyre popping up everywhere. But has training progressed at the same rate?

Poor decision-making is often at the root of an accident. But we can make a good decision well before were confronted with an in-flight problem.

What do the Wright Flyer, the Spirit of St. Louis, the Bell X-1 and the Apollo 11 Lunar Module have in common? Somehow, each of these flying machines managed to attain an honored place in aerospace history despite having small landing gear tires or none at all. This is a paradox of sorts, considering the […]

Pipers Tomahawk has been criticized for its stall-spin behavior. How does it compare with other spins-approved airplanes?

Most of us fly behind or between propellers, but theres a lot we dont know about them. Some basic knowledge will help keep us safe.

An experienced pilot botches a nighttime ILS to minimums. Is that all there is to it?

Carriers have the resources and the rules to do things differently and more safely. What five things can you do to fly the same way?

Youve just crashed in a remote area. You and your passengers are injured. Will you have the equipment and knowledge to survive until youre rescued?