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Fog Roulette 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
I'm going to conduct a primarily VFR flight with a destination that is forecast to be IFR at time of landing. It's also a destination that has flow control, so I file a "Z" composite flight plan, mean...
The Moral of the Story 23 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
I'm sure many readers of this blog already follow Randall Munroe's xkcd ("A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language,") but not everyone knows about his side projects, like his what-if blog. I...
I'm Not Even the PRM 19 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
As pilot in command of an airplane I have to be assured that all the maintenance is done as both safety and legality require before I take to the skies. When I came on with this company they had a pro...
Standard Approach Profile 15 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
To land a tricycle gear airplane on a runway is not very difficult. You just place it in the correct slightly nose up attitude and keep it straight while the main gear settle onto the runway, and then...
Pros and Cons of Weekends 11 Aug 2013 | 08:32 am
Weekends have their good points and bad points, but I think weekdays are probably better. Weekends are good because there's less traffic on the way to work, fewer scheduled airline flights to wait fo...
A Story In Radio Calls 4 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
A light has illuminated to tell me that my landing gear is safely stowed in the wings and nose, and the gear handle has returned to neutral. Climb power is set and the airplane is trimmed for about te...
Safety Dance 31 Jul 2013 | 07:24 am
I always pee before departure. It's part of the ritual. The "safety pee" I call it. I get back from the restroom (or from behind a tree, depending on the sophistication of the available facilities) an...
Alcohol-Based Oxygen Generation 27 Jul 2013 | 06:54 am
As I descend into the aerodrome environment I position report on the general traffic frequency of 126.7 and then switch to the mandatory frequency for the airfield and make another call. I'm thirty mi...
By the Numbers 23 Jul 2013 | 05:00 am
I'm descending out of the flight levels on a sunny day. The airspace I'm descending through is green on the IFR chart, meaning that it's uncontrolled even above FL180, so I have been working with only...
Dashed Yellow Line 19 Jul 2013 | 05:00 am
In flight school (or if you're both older and diligent about new weather products, when the GFA replaced the FA) you learned that a yellow dashed line on the GFA surrounds an area of reduced visibilit...
