GOLD STANDARD AVIATION TRAINING BLOG
Have you ever heard of the five hazardous pilot personalities? Maybe you know of a macho type or have a friend who exhibits anti-authority behavior? FAR 91.13 is a catch all for doing “risky things with an airplane”. There doesn’t...
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Scenario (and true story): At 0200 you are instructed to contact tower at 5nm for landing instructions and don’t receive a reply. Two other aircraft transmit to the tower controller without a reply. You radio the ground controller and there...
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Ever wonder if it’s safe to fly when it’s snowing or when high humidity and freezing temperatures are forecasted? Well, the FAA used to consider snow and high humidity/cold temperatures to be a known-ice risk which grounded many aircraft. After...
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Spoiler alert: This was not an engine failure related accident! Another war story in the books that fortifies the need to select CAPS in lieu of gliding to a road or empty field after engine failure. An experienced pilot doing...
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Just last week an A&P technician informed me that he solved a longstanding mechanical problem in a nearly new aircraft. He proudly boasted that he was able to troubleshoot an engine vibration issue after an unsuccessful attempt by the factory...
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