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The midair collision on thelakefront on July 19, 1997 was a tragedy. Seven people died and the sorrow that incidenthas caused can not be measured. I had a personal loss just last month that I will nevercompletely recover from so I am not making light of it. What angers me is the exploitationby the media […]

I‘d purchased a 1995 American Champion Super Decathalon, and beforeshipping it home to Japan it seemed almost sacrilegious not to fly it toOshkosh. So I departed Chino, California (CNO) on July 26th at 1300 local,with my camping gear in the back and full tanks. After skirting the Las VegasClass B and deviating around the north […]

“Oh happy, happy, joy, joy!” we thought to ourselves as wesaw signatures of famous people in the FAA, N.J. Division of Aeronautics,and the City of Atlantic City on a “memorandum of understanding” about BaderAirport. The long nightmare was ending. The airport would survive for anotherdecade. In return for being allowed to proceed with constructing a […]

The key facts of theMike Taylor matter reveal that an injustice has occurred, regardless of the legal technicalities. A student pilot fails to refuel his private airplane on a cross-country solo flight and crashes. The student pilot was warned by his instructor to refuel before embarking on his return leg. The instructor’s CFI and other […]

NTSB Identification: DCA97MA009. Aircraft #1: Beech A90, registration: N112DAircraft #2: Beech 1900C, registration: N87GL Scheduled 14 CFR 135 operation of GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD.(D.B.A. United Express AIRLINES) Accident occurred NOV-19-96 at QUINCY, ILInjuries: 14 Fatal. On November 19, 1996, at 1703 CST, a UnitedExpress Beechcraft 1900c, Flight 5925 collided with a Beechcraft King AirA90, N1127D, […]

The following NASA memorandum illustrates that no matter the size of the aircraft — Cessna 152 or Shuttle — or how much training a crew receives, it’s fundamentals like instrument cross-check and airspeed control that count. We’ve de-identified the folks involved, and we’ve attempted to decode all the arcane acronyms unique to the shuttle program […]

In-Flight Loss of Control (The Jessica Dubroff Flight) Cessna 177B Cheyenne, Wyoming HISTORY OF THE FLIGHT: On April 11, 1996, at about 0824 mountain daylighttime, a privately-owned Cessna 177B collided with terrain after a lossof control following takeoff from runway 30 et the Cheyenne Airport, Cheyenne,Wyoming. The pilot in command, pilot trainee, and rear seat […]

Aircraft cruising at FL370 with L-NAV, V-NAV, the center autopilot and both flight directors engaged. Heading is 189 degrees. 2125:40 First Officer: Well let’s see, we got a hundred and thirty sixmiles to the VOR, and thirty two thousand feet to lose, and slow down to boot sowe might as well get started. 2125:49 Captain: […]

Ocean City, Maryland is a destination for all seasonsand all reasons. The southern tip of New Jersey points the way south alongthe coast of Delaware to this Maryland city on the Delmarva Peninsula. Thoseof us who remember boardwalks, cotton candy, roller-coasters and seashellhunting from our childhood excursions along the Atlantic Coast will not bedisappointed. Ocean […]

It was a wonderful South African Sunday winter morning.Clear skies, still a bit cold, but the weatherman insisted it would reach25 C later today. Sigrid, my wife and a pilot, too, was preparing for theflight to Lindbergh Lodge. Lindbergh Lodge is a private game and hunting farm in the North-Westprovince of South Africa. At an […]