Flight Safety

PilotWorkshops.com provides online pilot training and skill building delivered by leading aviation experts. Designed for the IFR and serious VFR pilot, the site provides a large assortment of online video and audio workshops. A free trial is available on their Web site. About this Workshop In this eight-minute workshop, Bob Nardiello will explain the causes […]

It was just about the perfect day off for this airline captain. Warm breezes from a portable heater wafted over my body, which was lying in a comfortable position in my faux leather recliner. A hot cup of perfectly brewed coffee by my side, I was enjoying a Tivo’d recording of a new Simpson’s episode […]

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This article originally appeared in IFR Refresher, July 2005. Mackinac Island, Mich., is located in the Straits of Mackinac between the state’s Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula. It is a beautiful island that attracts many visitors during the tourist season from April through October. Many of those tourists fly their own aircraft to the island […]

For local prices, enter your U.S. ZIP Code or Airport Identifier: Fuel prices provided weekly by AirNav, based on prices from the past 2 weeks.Changes are relative to last week. For local prices, enter your U.S. ZIP Code or Airport Identifier: Fuel prices provided weekly by AirNav, based on prices from the past 2 weeks.Changes […]

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This is the last article I get to write as an air traffic controller. I retire from the FAA on December 1. No longer a controller. No longer a Federal employee. No longer a safety rep for NATCA. While I’ll admit to a certain sense of melancholy, it is far outweighed by my sense of […]

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In September I briefly escaped the grasp of the big, tattered, old recliners in the Pilot’s Lounge at the virtual airport and made my way west to the annual fly-in and convention of LightHawk. It is a public-benefit flying organization dedicated to making flights in support of conservation and the environment — the environmental air […]