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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: […]

If you hold an FAA certificate — no matter whether you are an airman or an aviation business — it is important to realize that the FAA considers your certificate a privilege. If you commit an infraction that endangers safety, the FAA may revoke this privilege, suspend your certificate, or assess penalties, even if no […]

ROTORWAY EXEC 162F Performance Specifications Total kit price USD $60,850* Powerplant RotorWay RI162F (162 cu.in.) Seats 2 Gross Weight 1,500 lbs Empty Weight 975 lbs Pilot & Passenger Load 425 lbs Fuel Capacity 17 gal Rate of Climb 1,000 FPM Hover in-Ground Effect 7,000 ft Hover Out-of-Ground Effect 5,000 ft Service Ceiling 10,000 ft Range, […]

As the America West Boeing 737 made its lazy finalapproach into Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, I wondered to myselfhow I was going to be able to make a fair evaluation of a two-person kit-builthelicopter when almost all of my rotary wing flying time had been accumulatedin large, military, jet-powered machines: HH-1Hs and HH-3Es plus […]

Every year there are accidents that occur whenpilots attempt to land on runways shorter than those they are used to. Thereare several reasons why those accidents happen, but at the top of the listhas to be the pilot’s fear of stalling the airplane before it is in positionfor a safe landing. That fear often prompts […]

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 […]

Parts of this book are disturbingly familiarfor those who follow the FAA’s internal infighting, politicking and intrigue.Mary Schiavo, as the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation,tried to dig into the inner workings of the FAA, intrude on the good-old-boynetwork and root out mutual hand holding between the inspected and the inspectee.Unfortunately, she achieved only […]

If you don’t want to fly around thunderstorms in Floridain the summer months, don’t fly. But I got more than I bargained for inmy most recent flight from Lancaster, Pennsylvania to home base in BocaRaton Florida. Friday, June 13, 1997 Theusual clusters of storms over the Southern Florida peninsula were evidentboth on the radar picture […]