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COLUMNS The Pilot’s Lounge #102: The Last 10 FeetThe dreaded 709 ride — it’s just the FAA “here to help you,” but your ticket could be on the line. AVweb’s Rick Durden helped one pilot brush up on his skills and remind himself the best way to land.

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BRAINTEASERSQuiz #109: Instrument Failure Is An OptionFlying on the gauges is easy. Instructors make it seem hard by covering up instruments with sticky notes. They’re not being jerks but, instead, are simulating instrument failures. Show that you’re prepared for failure by acing this quiz.

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For 20 years, civic leaders in Blue Ash, Ohio, have coveted the undeveloped acres that surround Blue Ash Airport, operated by the city of Cincinnati. But did they take bulldozers to the runways in the middle of the night? No, instead they came to a compromise that allows the GA airport to stay open, while […]

The pilot of a Cherokee Six was flying on Saturday afternoon with four of his children to High Valley Airport, a private field in the North Georgia hills, where they were going to spend the weekend in a cabin. The 2,000-foot grass runway is about 2,800 feet above sea level. According to reports from pilots […]

It may be tough to think about icing in the middle of July, but that’s their job at the NTSB, and on Monday the safety board asked the FAA to do more to prevent icing incidents in turboprop airplanes. The NTSB wants all operators of Saab SF340-series airplanes to install an icing-detection system and to […]