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There’s no reason for unprofessionalism on CTAF

By NASA · June 25, 2024 ·

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After landing and while cleaning the airplane, the Aircraft Y pilot drove up to my hangar and berated me in front of my wife for “screaming into the traffic pattern at too high an airspeed and being only 400 feet below him and they were talking to center with a Bravo clearance (wrong, ZZZ Tracon owns the Class B around here so he would be talking to Approach, not Center) and even the SIC (Second in Command) Center Controller didn’t see you” and loads of other garbage. You get the drift.

What’s a Phenom?

By NASA · June 20, 2024 ·

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I did not know what a Phenom was and turned final to land number two behind a single-engine aircraft that was touching down.

A hazardous attitude of invulnerability

By NASA · June 18, 2024 ·

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My student asked me if we should go look at it. However, I told myself that there was no way we hit the wingtip because I gave my student enough distance. My thought process was I’ve been to the run-up area before and I know the distance to turn.

Aviate, navigate, communicate

By NASA · June 13, 2024 ·

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Reflecting on the occurrence, I believe I selected the correct approach and landing configuration for the existing conditions, however I allowed myself to become distracted with traffic and ATC communications, causing me to deviate from the number one priority — FLY THE AIRPLANE.

The panic about unleaded fuels

By Ben Visser · June 12, 2024 ·

A lot has been written about who is developing 100 unleaded avgas fuels, but we should look at who is NOT working on a candidate fuel.

A notoriously unreliable AWOS

By NASA · June 11, 2024 ·

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Immediately after takeoff, at approximately 100 feet AGL, I found myself in IMC.

Rusty student panics on landing

By NASA · June 6, 2024 ·

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The student told me afterward that they panicked and took out the power because they thought of a video of a plane crashing into a hangar they had seen earlier. They thought that would happen if they left the power in.

Pilot’s disbelief about potential risks leads to near-miss

By NASA · June 4, 2024 ·

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This near-miss brought to my attention my lack of taking action to prevent it.

Sporty’s introduces Pull-Down Tie-Down Kit

By General Aviation News Staff · May 31, 2024 ·

Designed to accommodate both high- and low-wing aircraft, the Flight Gear Pull-Down Tie-Down Kit includes two ropes, measuring 10 feet each, and one rope, measuring 6 feet, for the aircraft tail. All ropes are 3/8-inches in diameter, “providing ample strength for a secure hold, even in gusty conditions,” Sporty’s officials said.

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