Once a year, aircraft owners lay their airplane bare while an expert methodically checks and prods it for…
Airplane propellers generate most of the noise that is the source of complaints (at least those against piston…
I have performed simulator studies with large groups of pilots and found that among them there are sub-categories…
A prototype of the venerable Boeing 707 launched the honored lineage of the Boeing 7-7 series of airliners…
After observing pilots in action for several years I started seeing trends in how they handled stressful situations.…
1) What is the meaning of those cryptic numbers used to identify engine oil? 2) A pilot of…
There it is, in my logbook in May of 1990…0.5 hours in a Cessna 172 over central Missouri,…
1. True or False: In the United States, there are actually more "mayday" calls in the month of…
It is becoming more and more possible to include Radar "overlay" information into everyday general aviation flying as…
Altitude is your friend, sure, but not when you're too high on final approach because you misjudged your…
Regarding surplus military jet airplanes and ejection seats, which of the following statements is (are) true? ... You're…
Two weeks ago in North Carolina I was flying en route to teach a flight instructor workshop. It…
When did the Smithsonian Institution first begin collecting flight-related articles? How many active air traffic controllers in the…
Why would any predictions of sunrise and sunset times for your local area, whether obtained from your new…
See and be seen; at night, lights are inexpensive protection. They indicate the relative position of other aircraft,…
The more I use our airplane's new technology the more I appreciate what it gives us, but I…
If you are a VFR-only pilot, you'll soon see that night flight is (or, in a heartbeat, can…
Pilots rightfully have something of a vested interest in that benchmark of assessing their visual acuity: namely, the…
This is a true story. It concerns the confession of an old friend of mine named Bob. After…
Last time we talked about the avionics revolution, the introduction of Primary Flight Display (PFD) and Multifunction Display…
When you hear the word "flak" you may think of a famous female singer named Roberta, bulletproof outerwear…
Cirrus Design may have fired the first shot in the personal aviation revolution -- integrating airline-style, CRT flat-screen…
True or false: When the outside temperature is low, closing the cowl flaps prior to, during, or just…
If an IFR aircraft which precedes you into the same airspace ceases to communicate with ATC for whatever…
As you are about to flare for landing, just when you reduce propeller rpm, you feel a slight…
We've had a number of accidents at a nearby airport with a "short" runway. The reason I say…
Don't look now, but we're living through the beginning of another upheaval, of sorts. Along with the more…
If you knew only your true airspeed and your angle of drift from the wind, is it possible…
Sometimes it's hard for experienced pilots to remember what it was like to be wide-eyed with the newness…
What was the origin of the now universally applied unit of measuring speed, the knot, in determinations both…
The average age of the U.S. general aviation fleet is already past 30 years, according to the Federal…
The FAA requires many aircraft to display N-numbers that are a foot high. Which of the following are…
Let's say right now you're in your 20s, and you want to learn to fly. Unless you're among…
I strongly suspect that I'm just one of the many among the subjugated masses of aviators yearning, figuratively…
I have been learning to use the new technology and along the way I have discovered a few…
How many times have you found yourself at the airport looking at another pilot and thinking, "Man, that…
A pilot who desires to retain instrument currency may use a first Personal Computer Aviation Training Device (PCATD)…
I told you last summer that I would give the new technology an honest try (Trying not to…
True or false: a blind person has successfully piloted an aircraft (an airplane) through takeoff, cruise flight, and…
Although some tend to view these paths as being somewhat divergent, with the former sometimes seen as the…
Avgas is colored by the use of a dye to indicate its octane and lead level. True or…
The way people work with machinery, or to say it better, the way machines work with people is…
Until that defining moment which comes to some of us at some point during our training (somewhere between…
On approach to landing at one of several airports in the Detroit metropolitan area, you hear ATIS Information…
We are all trained to prepare a plane for landing. Generically, this includes the reduction of power to…
The number of hours of flight instruction needed for a flight review, regardless of whether it is through…
Marshalling aircraft is one of the most thankless tasks that linemen must perform. Often overlooked during pilot training,…
True or False: A private pilot with an airplane, single-engine land rating can always be guaranteed to receive…