POST FLIGHT INSPECTIONWalking past some aeroplanes parked at any FBO can often remind a passer-by of a popular airmanship admonition: a flight isn’t over until...
TIE-DOWN FOR SAFETYIn the aftermath of unusually strong winds wreaking havoc on metropolitan areas, television weather reporters like to show downed trees...
SOME BASIC POINTS ABOUT PROPSIn the office of a colleague sits an industrial-sized fan with short and stubby blades that are as wide as they are long. Turn it on, and...
LEANING ON IT IN CRUISETo a non-flyer taking a ride in an older small plane, there is one moment early in the flight that may well shift the relaxed passenger’s...
LOADING UP IN A TURNA pilot friend recently recounted how once, on a weekend trip to a well-known resort village, he watched in astonishment at what he...
WHY THE MAGNETO CHECK?Every flight, from beginning to end, owes its successful management to a series of systematic procedures conducted by the pilot....