“The keys are in the airplane. Just fill it up when you get back.”
A Piper Arrow pilot lands without extending the landing gear... A jetliner takes the runway, when the crew…
Oil is the lifeblood of your engine and because about half of all general aviation aircraft hold it…
There's a lot to consider before beginning your single-pilot approach.
Rivets will tell you how an airplane has been flown and whether or not it is safe to…
From 1983 to 2000 there were 230 fatal takeoff accidents among pilots within their first 1,000 hours of…
Granted, your plane’s no Concorde or SUV, but a bad set of tires will make every effort to…
To an aircraft -- and whatever is inside of it -- fire is a fast-acting cancer.
If you ever encounter fire in the cockpit, rapid and immediately action is required to save your life.
Whether you use a pressure or vacuum system, the loss of your pneumatic system in IFR conditions can…
Looking over the flight controls is one of the important tasks that a pilot performs just prior to…
At airports with an operating control tower it is vital that we protect ourselves after being given “position…
If you take just about any airplane apart at the joints between control surfaces, you will find movable…
On November 26, 1999, about 1053 Eastern Standard Time, a Beechcraft S35, N8992M, was destroyed when it impacted…
Life has a way of throwing problems at you when you least expect them, and having an engine…
If you have been flying for any length of time, you know that stuff happens – there is…
One of the most neglected pieces of equipment on most planes is the shimmy dampner.
You know the old saying: “What can go wrong usually will.” But in reality what can go wrong…
One of the easiest and most important things you can do to keep your aircraft healthy is to…
Never assume the fuel you just purchased is “fine”. Lives and millions of dollars have been lost due…
As VFR pilots, we should first consider the terrain elevation and then the wind when we select an…
Do not get lazy. If there is a problem with your fuel, there will be a problem for…