I trusted the Tower to provide safe and adequate separation for our arrival and it could have cost us a lot more than a prop strike. I will not make that mistake again.
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A year of accident-free flying
The nearly 1,400 members of the Citation Jet Pilots Owner Pilot Association (CJP), the largest organization devoted to owners of Cessna Citation light jets, hit a milestone recently: They all have been accident- and incident-free over the past 12 months.
Diamonds in the sky
The 2021 Swift National Convention was a special one: The Diamond anniversary event celebrating 75 years.
Video: The most fun you can ever have
Flying his Piper Cub in the Adirondack Mountains is the “best fun you can ever have,” according to Jake, a third generation pilot. Luckily his friend was on hand to capture it all on video.
5 ways to put your piloting skills to good use
Looking for more meaning in your flying? Here’s five ways you can put those hard-earned piloting skills to use for the good of your community.
172 pilot accidentally cuts off Piper in traffic pattern
My own misjudgments of my timing and distance, mistake in missing calls for other aircraft to have an idea of what is going on big picture (as I would have been able to recognize that I would essentially be following an aircraft in the right traffic pattern), and the PA-28’s over extension and drift on the departure leg contributed to this event.
A month at Ryan Field
Glenn Brasch spent a month at Montana’s Ryan Field as the camp host. While he was there, he took lots of photos of the airfield, pilots, campers, and a work party that is helping transform the field, which is owned by the Recreational Aviation Foundation.
New Customs facility opens at KXWA
The new U.S. Customs facility is in the Overland Aviation FBO at Williston Basin International Airport in North Dakota.
Great vistas of green
There is an almost universally accepted belief that our world is over-developed. It’s excessively crowded. Steel and glass and concrete surround us everywhere we go. We’re hemmed in by our own construction projects. Cramped and confined to areas with heavy traffic, ceaseless noise, and crowds of strangers. Asphalt pathways lead us deeper into the chasm of our communities, yet make it nearly impossible for us to find our way out. Balderdash. Absolute rubbish. If perception is reality, then a realignment of our perceptions is in order.