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Combine time, knowledge and attention to make the most of your ability to keep yourself ahead of the airplane

There are a number of ways to salvage a bad approach. The best is to prevent it from going bad in the first place

Graduations are always a combination of happiness celebrating a job well done and sadness that a big part of the lives of everyone involved has come to an end. Over the four years our daughter Karen spent at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, my Baron was involved in every phase. Karen had […]

Part 1 of a 3-part series on the AirShares Elite small-airplane fractional ownership program, here on flyingmag.com. Last year I did a long-term evaluation of a small-airplane fractional ownership program run by OurPlane. During the nine-month period, I was for all intents and purposes an OurPlane owner, flying a new Cessna 182 along with the […]

From preflight planning to en route deviations, flying during thunderstorm season takes some finesse on the part of the pilot

I sat in our Miami pilots’ lounge, looking at the faces scattered around the room. It was a typical scene. Some pilots were reclined in lounge chairs while others were seated at a desk, plugged in to their laptops. Some pilots were engrossed in a newspaper. The TV at the front of the lounge flickered […]

Regardless of what the manufacturer or the FAA might say, your POH is full of data you need to verify before you can trust it

Pressure chamber training can help prevent the hazards of high-altitude flight. Hint: Hypoxia is just part of the problem.

Handhelds can save your bacon, right? Were not so sure thats the right assumption

It is a cliché, but time does fly when you are having fun. Interesting is fun, and almost nine really interesting years have passed since I got one of the first (if not the first other than a manufacturer) approvals for GPS approaches. The FAA approval is dated 7/25/94. That first unit, a Garmin GPS […]