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A Twin Otter landing in a storm, featured in 'Pounding Rain, No Visibility, Turbulence, and an Airplane Fire'

Pounding Rain, No Visibility, Turbulence, and an Airplane Fire

I replied, “negative on the instrument approach Timehri, and we only have ...

A Delta Airlines flight, part of one of a number of airline alliances.

Airline Alliances: Who are the Big Three and Why Did They Form?

People claim that the airline industry is too consolidated whether due to ...

United Boeing 787 in flight

FAA Proposes Penalty Against United For Operating Non-Airworthy 787

The FAA alleges United flew the aircraft on 23 flights while it ...

A KLM Boeing 747 similar to the one involved in the Tenerife Airport Disaster

Calamity and Coincidence: 40 Years Later Are We at Risk of Another Tenerife?

Have I ever witnessed a fully loaded passenger jet takeoff without clearance, ...

A male and female airline pilot in a Boeing 757 cockpit - Do Men or Women Make a Better Pilot?

Do Men or Women Make Better Pilots?

Taking a look at chicks vs roosters in the cockpit, and what ...

An airliner being de-iced - How a Holdover Time Calculator App Can Save Lives

The Holdover Time Calculator App Could Save Your Life

Do You Make your Copilot calculate Holdover Time? Now There’s an App ...

Our Top 10 Aviation Articles of 2016

Our Top 10 Aviation Articles of 2016

These are our top 10 aviation articles of 2016, (hopefully) displaying our ...

A Boeing 767 on the runway - The Pilot Shortage Problem in the Aviation Industry

The Big Problem Driving the Aviation Industry’s Pilot Shortage

A Perfect Storm Created the Aviation Industry’s Pilot Shortage Problem The aviation industry ...

Pilots leaving a flight training school hangar - Are All Airline Pilot Training Schools the Same?

Are All Airline Pilot Training Schools the Same?

What are the Differences between Airline Pilot Training Schools? Depending on who ...

A career pilot stands next to a large propeller driven airliner.

Are Pilots Prostitutes: Career Pilot Compromises

The up and coming career pilot works in an era where they ...