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On one of the mail lists I frequent, a newcomer wondered why people bothered to look outside on takeoff, and stated that he was deliberately “eyes inside,” focused on the instruments from liftoff to 1,000 AGL.Well!He got well and truly (but nicely) roasted, and a very lively discussion followed. In trying to quantify things, the […]

This article originally appeared in IFR Refresher, Mar. 2006. Sometimes as the day grows longer we may become impatient to get home. If we are in an automobile and forget to close a door or discover a fault related to maintenance that was just completed, we can pull over and fix the problem or return […]

Overheard in IFR Magazine‘s “On the Air” After 10 years of flying a Twin Comanche, I upgraded to a Beech Baron. With the Beechcraft Pilot Proficiency Program in Lakeland, Fla. under my belt, I advanced the throttles on my first PIC flight into Orlando airspace. Me: Orlando Approach, Baron Eight Two Four just off Lakeland, […]

This article originally appeared in IFR Refresher, Feb. 2006. The Northeast winter weather was normal for February when the pilot of a Rockwell 500S Shrike Commander departed Naples, Fla., for Newport State Airport (KUUU) in Rhode Island. He had flight planned a stop in Wilmington, N.C., and the first leg of the flight went without […]

Why is it that when a company has developed the world’s “greenest” light aircraft at a time when environmental issues are a political hot potato, it is effectively penalized for its work? Sweden’s Lars Hjelmborg couldn’t tell you. His company, Hjelmco Oil, has led worldwide unleaded fuel development and production for decades. Hjelmco’s 91/96 avgas […]

Where Are the Air-Taxis? I see no way that the VLJ on-demand air taxi concept can be profitable (Question of the Week, Mar. 7). Too many dead legs, too many fixed expenses. Nice idea, but not practical, not profitable. I give them one year to be out of business.Jim Good The success of the VLJ […]

This article originally appeared in Aviation Safety, Jan. 2005. Scud running is the time-honored practice of trying to stay VFR down low between weather and terrain while motoring off to a destination. Generally, it involves a VFR-only pilot flying in good daytime visibility over flat terrain at an altitude that will clear charted obstacles. While […]

This article originally appeared in IFR Refresher, Jan. 2006. The weather is what we all worry about when we are planning an IFR cross-country flight. There are many decisions to be made before and after takeoff, and the wrong decision anywhere along the way can lead to disaster.Some pilots, when they reach the instrument approach […]

The families of former New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor Tyler Stanger claim the crash of their Cirrus SR20 into a Manhattan apartment building was caused by a catastrophic failure of the flight control system. A statement released by Todd Macaluso, the lawyer representing the families of Lidle and Stanger, claims […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Our latest “Video of the Week” comes to us from an AVweb reader who writes: For those that know what FLIR is, I have a video you need to see. This is [a Gulfstream] … on a visual landing to Aspen, Colorado at night. The right half of the view […]