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Get behind the power curve and you may run out of altitude, airspeed and power all at the same time

Planning a flight in an airliner is much like making the same flight in a GA airplane, except its completely different

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The following information is derived from the FAAs Service Difficulty Reports and Aviation Maintenance Alerts. Click here to view “Flight Control Hardware.”

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During an aircraft accident investigation, an investigator discovered that the starter and the generator 6-gauge wires had numerous lateral splits in the wire insulation. The accident was not related to the defective wire insulation.

Splitting of the wire insulation appears as small, fine dark scratches on the outer covering of the wires and runs lengthwise along the wire. In some cases, the wire insulation splitting has penetrated the covering and exposed the center elec…

I don’t know his name, and I didn’t quite catch his N-number. But somewhere in the San Francisco area, there’s a pilot who owes me an apology. I was flying my Cheetah down to the Oakland International Airport on July 4th to pick up a friend who was flying in for a visit. It was […]

It wasn’t a big deal. Shortly before Judith and I were slated to leave for a trip (possible only with our own airplane) to a reunion of college friends in Wyoming, a stop to help with haying at the Flying A Ranch in South Dakota and a week at AirVenture in Oshkosh, I fell off […]

Runway overruns boil down to poor energy management during the approach. Excess speed is most often the culprit

Though it seldom happens, a passed-out pilot may be passengers greatest fear. For frequent passengers, just a little training can make for a happy ending

A second pilot on board can be a help or a hindrance. Take a page from the airlines book when flying with a crowded cockpit

As an AME, I read with interest Les Ruthvens article Pass on Pills [Medical Matters, September] relating to depression and stress. While I certainly agree with much of his article, I wish to remind readers that clinical trails have also demonstrated the benefit of pharmacologic therapy and that this treatment can be life saving in the case of major depression.

In addition, the medical and psychological models of depression are not mutually exclusive and often these approaches can be complimentary. On a number of occasions I have had a clinical psychologist refer a patient back to me for institution of medical treatment to supplement the psychological therapy.

I do wish to take issu…