Peter Garrison

A deteriorating situation in the air can quickly become an emergency for a pilot.

Slotted flaps, hinged or tracked, add a separate source of lift.

Pilot might reasonably have considered a thorough preflight inspection unnecessary after such a brief stop.

Never doubting that the airplane was safe, the two men embarked on a lunch flight.

They’re not just some added lateral area—they’re a vortex generator.

For an expert pilot, this new toy did not turn out to be child’s play.

Unfamiliarity with an airplane’s fuel system proved to be fatal.

There are many implausible claims about airspeed that should be understood.

What is going to the airplane engine is more like froth than fuel.

Fatal Saratoga accident shows that some destinations aren’t worth making.