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Say your engine fails at 10000 ft above acres of Nebraska cornfields. It’s nighttime and two options come to mind. I can glide and use a soft-field landing technique on a cushion of cornstalks or deploy CAPS.

by Jack Boyd

Most of the 30000 or so Cirrus pilots have trained on non-Cirrus airplanes and were drilled to glide to a safe off-airport landing when an engine fails. This whole concept is thrown right out the window when the Cirrus Transition...

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Anatomy of a textbook CAPS deployment this week.

by Jack Boyd

One never knows how one will respond when given an impending engine failure. Some freeze and take no action while others panic and do the wrong things. Then there is the pilot who methodically follows his training to a successful...

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If there was one thing that a Cirrus pilot could do to GUARANTEE nearly 100-percent survival after your engine fails, would you do it?

by Jack Boyd

Yep, you guessed it, properly using CAPS.I have been personally told by the Cirrus Director of Flight Training and Chief Pilot that he recommends the use of CAPS if no RUNWAY is available. Gliding to a road or field is...

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What happens when you don’t use enough elevator trim during approach and landing.

by Jack Boyd

Robert, a long time Cirrus owner-pilot began refresher training today with hopes of improving what his wife says are his “abysmal landings”. His first attempt at greasing one resulted in what we instructors affectionately call a flawless ‘aircraft carrier’ landing,...

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It’s possible you could have an engine failure today if you don’t do this one simple thing.

by Jack Boyd

The month of August not only brings hot, hazy, and humid conditions, it is also the peak month of fuel vapor formation for your Cirrus.We all know our electric boost pump has only one job after the engine is started—to...

Say your engine fails at 10000 ft above acres of Nebraska cornfields. It’s nighttime and two options come to mind. I can glide and use a soft-field landing technique on a cushion of cornstalks or deploy CAPS.

Anatomy of a textbook CAPS deployment this week.

If there was one thing that a Cirrus pilot could do to GUARANTEE nearly 100-percent survival after your engine fails, would you do it?

What happens when you don’t use enough elevator trim during approach and landing.

It’s possible you could have an engine failure today if you don’t do this one simple thing.

Knowledge = Safety