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RISKY PILOT BEHAVIOR

by Jack Boyd
What bad habit says you might be a risky pilot? The FAA Airplane Flying Handbook says most accidents, incidents, and violations occur during the taxi phase of flight. It instructs us to use the throttle (not the brakes if possible)...
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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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ARE YOU INSTRUMENT RATED AND AVOID FLYING VFR?

by Jack Boyd
Many instrument rated pilots believe the added safety and security of an instrument flight plan far exceeds the perceived ‘risk’ of relying exclusively on your own eyes and mind to avoid traffic, airspace, obstacles, and just plain finding the runway....
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COULD YOU SURVIVE AN ENGINE FAILURE TODAY?

by Jack Boyd
Are you proficient enough to survive an engine failure in your multiengine (ME) airplane today? Unfortunately statistics say you are probably not. NTSB accident reports show that many ME pilots ignore the basic one-engine inoperative procedures learned in training, and...
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