flight safety

San Francisco-based LAM Aviation has announced the commercial availability of their new wing flight control system, which focuses on the interaction of the aileron …

Carburetor Icing: Trouble For Airplane Pilots Transitioning to Helicopters I heard a story about carburetor icing from one of my instructors early in my …

Whether in Idaho, Arizona, Montana, Oregon, or New Mexico—it seems at least one state gets hit particularly hard by fires each year. And when …

A private pilot looks at ways you can work to avoid a mid-air collision. On a hot, hazy August afternoon in 1996, we were …

A discussion of rotor wash, jet blast and wake turbulence and how to avoid them. A moving wing, a jet engine, and a helicopter …

One private pilot’s experience with finding out about the mountain wave the hard way. It was a lazy, sunny southern California Saturday in February 1998. …

Preflight Inspection The Preflight Process for an Airplane **The purpose of this post it to share with you a video that walks you through …

Dealing With an Aircraft Emergency A couple weeks ago a new client called me and told me of his recent scary experience. He had …