Cobbling It Together
Last month’s Clinic took us to western Kentucky where we wrangled a circling-only VOR-A approach. In September, we untangled an ILS/GPS hybrid in upstate...
Accidents: Shear
Once again we delve into aviation accidents. The official 2019 numbers won’t be out until November, but the 2018 NTSB release showed there were...
Deal With Distractions
Many of life’s distractions are enjoyable, but cockpit distractions can have tragic consequences. For years, the NTSB has made “Eliminate Distractions” one of their...
Emergency Returns
Aviation makes us mission-minded. The whole point of these flying machines is to go somewhere and do something, even if that’s just practice following...
BasicMed Lacks Admin
While BasicMed was mistakenly called third-class medical reform, it didn’t replace the third-class medical, but it did give pilots another option to fly. It...
Pilot Deviations
Simply fly long enough and you’ll eventually make a boneheaded or innocent mistake that gets in ATC’s way. Those may say a Pilot Deviation...
Remarks: Remembering Checkrides
Recently my wife and I were musing about my checkrides, so I went through them. My private endured loneliness for about 15 years before...