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MEDICAL ARTICLES

Medical Handbook For Pilots Chapter 14 – Disorientation (Vertigo)

An archaic definition of disorientation literally meant “difficulty in facing the east.” To the pilot, it more often…

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Simulators and the VFR Student by Michael Marotta

To see if working with a simulator can help me be a better pilot, I scheduled four hours…

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Night Forced Landings by Peter Bedell

When it comes to flying small airplanes, there’s not much that’s worse than having to make a forced…

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My Cross-Country Experience by Sue Winsett

The day was perfect for flying. The clouds were at 5,500 feet with some haze below, but expected…

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A Fun and Challenging Cross Country by Jean Liddle

Last Wednesday my instructor signed me off for my second cross-country flight after the successful completion of my…

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No-Go by David Cohn

Twenty miles out of Allegheny County, enroute to Boston through the haze of western Pennsylvania, I decided to…

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Coast-to-Coast in a 172 by Jeff Mitchell

Prolog: The following is a journal of a transcontinental trip that I took in a Cessna 172L (150…

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Airport Manners: Courtesy, Common Sense, and Safety by Rich Stowell

(This article was first published in Flight Training magazine in 1995) Given the media’s penchant for turning aviation…

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Samurai Airmanship by Rod Machado

Miyamoto Musashi, one of the greatest samurai swordsman of feudal Japan, approached his assailant–an enemy of the emperor.…

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Judgement by John Ousterhout

I flew from Salem OR, to Baker City (in the mountainous area of Northeast Oregon) this week on…

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July Checkride Story by Hal Sandstedt

NASHVILLE, TN: July 9 — Pouring rain woke me up at about 7:30; only about thirty minutes earlier…

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