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Questions from the Cockpit

Should I feel guilty about flying in the pandemic?

By William E. Dubois · May 14, 2020 ·

The short answer: No. In fact, it’s your patriotic duty to continue flying.

Questions from the Cockpit: A pointed question

By William E. Dubois · March 18, 2020 ·

Why on earth would pilots be wearing spurs?

Questions from the Cockpit: Dense about density altitude

By William E. Dubois · February 19, 2020 ·

I’m sure that you recall that the speed indicated on your airspeed indicator is pure fiction 99.9% of the time.

Questions from the Cockpit: Fill ‘er up

By William E. Dubois · January 29, 2020 ·

While self-serve gas stations for cars have been around since 1964, the first self-serve fuel for aviation wasn’t until 1987.

Questions from the Cockpit: Daredevils and fools

By William E. Dubois · December 22, 2019 ·

What would I do if I let my outlaw wild side out? I’d fly through St. Louis’s Gateway Arch. You gotta admit: The Arch just screams “Fly Through Me!”

Altitude treasure hunt

By William E. Dubois · November 17, 2019 ·

To find the answer to her question, It was time to look beyond the FAA to understand the FAA.

Questions from the Cockpit: Baffled by baffling?

By William E. Dubois · October 17, 2019 ·

How baffles work for general aviation engines is a lot more complex than most people think.

Questions from the Cockpit: High flight

By William E. Dubois · September 19, 2019 ·

If you like high flight, don’t pass up any chance to get a turbocharged engine.

Questions from the Cockpit: A matter of law

By William E. Dubois · August 19, 2019 ·

In July’s column we took a look at why captains sit in the left-hand seat, which ended up generating a lot of reader speculation that it might have had something to do with right-of-way rules, which in turn generated a lot of requests that we look at the origins of today’s right of way rules.  […]

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