Flight Safety

This article originally appeared in Aviation Safety, Jan. 2005. Scud running is the time-honored practice of trying to stay VFR down low between weather and terrain while motoring off to a destination. Generally, it involves a VFR-only pilot flying in good daytime visibility over flat terrain at an altitude that will clear charted obstacles. While […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to North Atlantic Air at KBVY in Beverly, Mass. AVweb reader Steven Swartz says employees at this FBO kept their cool under difficult weather conditions. “Four days after we received our just-repainted (and gorgeous) 1980 Warrior, the Northeast was hit […]

Rudder pedals are not meant to be footrests. In this 15 minute workshop, Wally Moran explains the importance of good rudder skills and how proper coordination improves safety, performance and passenger comfort. You will learn: Problems? See the FAQ below. More online Pilot Workshops are available here. Frequently Asked Questions Trouble viewing the video? Here […]

Animals and aviation have always had a close relationship. You’ve got your Flying Tigers, your Mustangs, and even the venerable B-52 has earned the name “the BUFF,” although I don’t think that name refers to the American Bison.I was thinking these thoughts recently at a dog agility trial where our Corgi was preparing to absolutely […]

This article originally appeared in IFR Refresher, Jan. 2006. The weather is what we all worry about when we are planning an IFR cross-country flight. There are many decisions to be made before and after takeoff, and the wrong decision anywhere along the way can lead to disaster.Some pilots, when they reach the instrument approach […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Premier Jet at KCRQ in Carlsbad, Calif. AVweb reader Douglas Roberson said the staff gets what it takes to have a successful FBO. “When I arrived they gave me the red carpet treatment and parked me right up front […]

I had standardized procedures drilled into me early on — an occupational hazard when your employer is the U.S. Air Force. In Air Force flight screening, flying off-the-shelf Cessna 172s we called T-41A Mescaleros, every flight was a series of standardized actions from preflight to the practice area to landing to shutdown. We knew what […]

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb’s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Executive Flight Center at KMDQ in Huntsville, Ala. AVweb reader Breck Hopkins said the personnel at the FBO made his literally messy situation better. “Executive offered the best and most helpful service I have experienced in 49 years of […]

It builds up, doesn’t it? You make some airline flights and get treated like Grade Z beef cattle on the good ones. Then you have one where the experience is so rotten that you vow to use general aviation forevermore. And then the price of avgas goes up. Again. The TSA imposes yet another moronic […]

A company in Canada is working on a pair of beefy new single-engine backcountry aircraft that should be certified soon. Expedition Aircraft of Toronto said on Wednesday that both of its multi-mission aircraft, the E350 and the E350XC, have already completed 90 percent of the work required to obtain certification. Both aircraft will be powered […]