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While the Golden Age of flight testing is no more, the lessons learned endure. Heres how to apply those lessons to managing and reducing your risks.

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When flying beyond the pattern, you have two choices: Fast or far; you cant have both. Heres how to plan and fly maximum range flights.

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Practical energy management is a critical skill used for each landing. How to put it on the numbers every time.

It was a normal June afternoon in the Washington, D.C., area-hazy, hot and humid. The main event was preparing for former president Ronald Reagans state funeral later in the week.

On Capitol Hill, the normal ebb and flow of tourists, interns and official Washington went on unremarkably. Suddenly, alarms blared, beepers beeped and people began running. You have one minute to impact! police reportedly announced. Images of well-dressed men and women sprinting away from the Capitol-some kicking off their shoes-were captured by the media.

But it was all a false alarm. A Beech King Air carrying Kentuckys governor was inbound to the otherwise-closed-to-GA DCA under a special waiver progra…

Heres how to decide if that new vibration is your imagination, an imminent engine failure or something else.

You often hear pilots discussing whether a plane is a good IFR platform. Heres what theyre discussing and how to decide if your airplane measures up.

Precious little maintenance guidance is available to aircraft owners. Here are ten tips to save you some bucks and whittle down flight risks.

Not every airport has 10,000 feet of pavement for your takeoff. Heres how to know when you need to plan takeoffs and how to do it.