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Pilot disorientation is the probable cause of a Cirrus SR-22 crash Jan. 18, 2003, according to the NTSB’s final report on the accident, which occurred near Hill City, Minn. The pilot, Gary Prokop, and passenger James Cosak died in the crash. Prokop had only a VFR rating and flew into IMC inadvertently before the crash. […]

Sport Pilot Should Cover C152 I lost my third-class medical 26 years ago because of undergoing open heart surgey. After eight years I got a waiver and passed. I lost eight years of PIC. I belonged to a flying club and over the past 40 years we have had about 200 different members.Many lost their […]

I had a incident the other night that really bothered me, so (of course) I started looking for a way to work it into a column. When I see something like this incident, I’m ashamed to admit my first reaction is usually somewhat uncharitable. The thought pops into my head that some people are just […]

Who Are the Terrorists? While it is very unlikely that a Jewish immigrant from Israel would be a member of al Qaeda (NewsWire, Feb. 2), it is not impossible for such a person to be a terrorist.Lest we all forget, prior to 9/11 the single most deadly act of terrorism in the continental U.S. was […]

The whole point of getting an IFR ticket is (of course) to be able to go somewhere when the weather is less than VFR. So why don’t we do that? Let’s take a trip.Let’s say you want to fly from HKY (Hickory, N.C.), pick up your buddy at MRN (Morganton, N.C.), and then head for […]

Could Air Canada flight crews be in for some refreshers on VFR procedures? For the second time in less than six months an Air Canada crew has committed an embarrassing navigational blunder while looking out the windows instead of scanning the panel. According to the NTSB incident report, on Jan. 19, a rare clear winter […]

A Shuttle America flight Friday was aiming for University Park Airport (UNV) in Pennsylvania, when it touched down at Mid-State Regional Airport (PSB). The airports are 11 nautical miles apart, offer identical runway orientation — 16/34 and 6/24 — with different layouts, and both fields are non-towered (a reminder to self-announce, listen AND look when […]

Well here we go. Another year gone. Another page turned. This New Year’s, I spent a lot of time thinking about my upcoming retirement (less than three years away). It seems too early to start looking for another job, but in reality I guess it’s never too early to start dreaming. Hope really does spring […]

Editor’s Note: This article is reprinted from Cessna OwnerMagazine by permission from Cessna Owner Organization — 888-MYCessna. I took a trip to Mexico a few months ago — and I did not take my do-it-yourself Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) with me. Thereby hangs a tale …To review, an EFB is a portable computer running software […]