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Especially when looking at recent accidents involving scheduled airliners, it occurs that some people are still having problems with their landings. Yes, they can be difficult to master, especially when crosswinds or other factors complicate things and distract us. But this shouldn’t be so hard. If you’re having trouble, it may be you’re simply out […]
Garmin will power the panel for Cirrus’s new SF50 Vision Jet and the touchscreen system includes five screens, including massive PFD and MFD displays. Cirrus says the Cirrus Perspective Touch by Garmin “sets the new standard in performance, personalization, safety and ease of use for operators.” Of course, the list of standard features includes all […]
If you’re a YouTube aviation video junkie, you’ve probably seen this one of what’s called a blade-out test. It’s intended to prove that the containment around a high-bypass turbofan engine can prevent shrapnel from ricocheting outside the engine in the event that the fan loses one or more blades. Or the engine core comes asunder. […]
It appears an uncontained engine failure led to the dramatic aborted takeoff and evacuation of a British Airways Boeing 777 at Las Vegas on Tuesday. The NTSB released its preliminary report Thursday and said parts of the left GE90-85B engine were found on the runway along the takeoff path and “initial examination of the left […]
The NTSB will hold a day-long forum addressing loss-of-control accidents in GA on Oct. 14 in Washington, D.C. Loss of control, one of the board’s primary topics in accident reduction efforts this year, continues to be a top cause of GA fatalities. The upcoming event, “Humans and Hardware: Preventing Inflight Loss of Control in General […]
The Gulfstream G-IV flight crew should have used the checklist and checked the flight controls before taking off from Boston’s Hanscom Field in May 2014, the NTSB said on Wednesday in its final report on the fiery crash that killed all seven on board. To remind pilots of the importance of these procedures, the NTSB […]
Two passengers suffered minor injuries after a British Airways aircraft caught fire at Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport on Wednesday. The flight crew aborted the takeoff after the left engine apparently caught fire. The 159 passengers and 13 crew on the Boeing 777 evacuated on the runway using the slides. The aircraft was taking off […]
The two pilots and five passengers aboard a chartered Wheels Up Citation Excel XLS had some anxious moments when the main cabin door opened in flight but didn’t detach from the aircraft. The aircraft had just taken off from San Francisco International Airport on Aug. 6 for a flight to Drummond Island Airport in Michigan […]
Talk about IFR holding patterns in a recurrent training setting and your time will most likely be spent discussing entries, maximum speeds and mandatory reports. There is a need created by the realities of the system for ATC to park you somewhere in the sky until it is time to move on. The reasons for […]
Normal afternoon ground transmissions, when, out of nowhere: Unidentified Pilot:“Yeah, they have fajitas, enchiladas, burritos, quesadillas, fish tacos — they got everything!” [A short silence.] Ground:“Uhh, you just broadcasted that on BWI Ground.” [Another short silence.] (A Different) Unidentified Pilot:“Sounded delicious, though.” Shawn Byers
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