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Several years ago, a designated pilot examiner was in the habit of asking his private applicants one question to fulfill the oral portion of the practical test, and only one. The question was this: “Which control makes the airplane go up?” If the applicant answered that the throttle makes it go up, he passed, but […]

Every student pilot has heard the admonition to “keep your eyes outside.” When we’re flying VFR, we’re told, at least 70 percent of our time should be spent looking outside the airplane. One of my instructors once referred to me as “human TCAS,” and I’m still proud of my ability to spot traffic and otherwise […]

When I decided I wanted to fly, I did it in a hurry. I passedby Private checkride on November 3, 1995, and purchased a 1982Mooney 231 less than three weeks later. By early December, I hadlogged enough dual that the insurance company would let me flymy new high-performance turbocharged retractable without an instructorin the right […]

Of Flight Breakfasts, Air Races and Roll Your Own Fly-Ins It’s August in the Pilot’s Lounge. The heat shimmers off the asphalt, the trainers seem to sag into the air and the regulars in the big, easy chairs are out of sorts. Hack is complaining that he wants to go somewhere in the Super Cruiser […]

Oneof the most difficult subjects an instructor ever has to teach is the awesomeresponsibility of being pilot in command (PIC) of an airplane carryingpassengers. Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) 1.1 says, “‘Pilot in Command’means the pilot responsible for the operation and safety of an aircraft duringflight time.” And according to Part 91.3 (a), “The pilot in […]

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The folks who created the world’s most popular personal digital assistant may have been prescient when they called them Pilots (and later, PalmPilots). Several versions later, the Pilot part of the name is gone, but these ubiquitous palmtop computers lead a not-so-secret life as great tools for aviators. Software for devices based on the Palm […]