Last month I discussed some flying concepts I considered important, but not substantive enough to warrant a complete article. I would like to continue with more of these kinds of ideas for improving the safety of flight and/or making life easier for you, the pilot.
First off, here is a little trick to help answer one [...]

After 14 years of writing this column, it sometimes becomes difficult to come up with new subjects. However, there are some topics I keep wanting to talk about, but I always seem to find they are not material for a complete article. So, to start the New Year, I’m going to meander around a bit [...]

The events of Sept. 11 were not only tragic, but they put a tremendous burden on the entire general aviation community. Severe restrictions on flight activities and some poor and inaccurate press about the flight training received by the alleged hijackers were the two most obvious. There were others and we can, unfortunately, expect to [...]

In my flying career, I have seen tremendous strides forward in almost every aspect of aviation. Many are obvious, such as turbine engines, and pressurized light twins and single engine airplanes. In general aviation, the biggest improvement has come in navigation capabilities. The move from Four Course Ranges, to VOR, to VOR/DME to Loran and [...]

The inspiration for this article comes from you, the readers. My articles on Rudder, Yaw, Spins, Slips, and Skids elicited more reader response than anything else I had written in my “literary career.” I am happy to say the responses were, for the most part, complimentary. To all of you, I say “Thanks.”
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My two articles concerning yaw, its effects and its control seem to have aroused considerable interest among our readers. I have received quite a few e-mail messages and telephone calls regarding them. While I have responded to each inquiry, the questions indicate a need for a follow-up article on some of the concerns and desires [...]