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Even With Better Tools, Pilots Make Same Mistakes
Most accidents involve a weather component, exposing flaws in pilot training and information delivery.
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Is Sferics Equipment Still Needed in the Cockpit?
It depends on the mission and how much money you’re willing to spend.
How to Wrap Your Head Around Weather
Pilots may find weather to be one of the most challenging subjects but also the most intriguing.
How Can dBZ Values Be Negative?
Doppler images are packed with important life-saving guidance—assuming a pilot knows how to interpret all the pretty colors.
Trust But Verify
The decision-making process for the layperson who is deciding whether to fly with a friend is a complicated one that reveals a lot about the individual.
How to Weather the Weather
Weather is one of the biggest variables in general aviation flight and a contributing cause of many accidents. While there is no way for us pilots to control the weather, we can modify our flight paths to prevent unplanned encounters with Mother Nature. Fortunately, doing so has become a lot easier in the past few […]
