Distractions & Interruptions
The most prudent of pilots will do all that is necessary to avoid getting distracted while preparing for, or engaging in, a flight. But...
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Is EBT in Your Future?
A new buzz-term in flight training is emerging as a succession to recent trending towards scenario-based methodology. It’s called...
Unattentional Blindness – Expect the Unexpected
A very odd thing can happen if your mind is focussed on a task that requires a high degree of attention. You may not see everything that...
Preparing for an Emergency
Nobody wants an emergency to happen while flying. But everyone should be prepared for one in case it does. Knowing what to do in case...
Read the Reports
You can start to feel pretty vulnerable as a pilot, if you spend a lot of your time reading aviation accident reports. Perhaps, for many...
A Look at LoC
A working group committee of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently released a report based on their review of fatal general...
Improved Piloting by TEM
Studying ways to make pilots more aware of insipient dangers while aloft is an evolving product of aviation research and education...
Tidbits About Airmanship
Skilled airmen are those men and women who are especially proficient at handling their aircraft on the ground and in the air. They...
Some Whats About Weight
One of the first rules you’re taught in boating is never to overload your vessel. It doesn’t take much in way of imagination to...
Hydroplaning
Whenever you move a tire over a wet surface, there is always a risk of hydroplaning. That squeezing of water under the tread generates...
Stopping Your Plane
When one thinks of all the things that an aircraft can do, stopping is not one of those things that immediately jump to mind. Given that...
Walking Around
A pitot cover left on, control surface locks still in place, a luggage door hanging open, a tie-down rope still fastened to the aircraft....
The Meaning of Laminar
A very thin sheet of air lying over the surface of any wing in flight adheres to that wing’s surface. That sheet is called the Boundary...
Incredible Airmanship
The crew felt a jolt that rippled through the aircraft. Warning lights flashed: the autopilot disengaged as the tail-mounted engine went...
Avoiding Wake Turbulence
Three sharp jolts shook the aircraft. It was like hitting speed bumps, while at high-speed in your car. The aircraft rolled 6 degrees to...
Worthy or Unworthy Maintenance
Mike Busch knows his stuff. List his education and accomplishments, and you’ll consume half this column. Well-known in aviation for his...
The Pilot’s Pilot: An Airman and his Airmanship
He’d go to the airport hours before any flight. Alone and with no distractions, his attention could then be focussed solely and entirely...
It’s a Wildlife in Canadian Aviation
A flock of Canada Geese did a tonne for popularizing their species by forcing the dramatic ditching of an Airbus on New York’s Hudson...
Categorizing Your Aircraft
Airplanes can come in all sorts of configurations, and can perform across the broadest of performance envelopes. They can be single-...
Charting Your Landings
The best landings are usually the result of well-planned and executed approaches. Every airplane’s pilot operating handbook (POH)...
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