When talking about paying for access to airports and ATC, it’s important to compare apples to apples.
Opinion
Human Factors: Safety in numbers?
The big takeaway from this accident is clearly that flying as a crew requires good communication and a clear discussion of who is responsible for each aspect of the flight. If we really want to take a page from airline crew resource management, duties should be divided up, rather than duplicated.
Express yourself
Whether it’s learning to fly or pursuing some other life goal. we’re not held back by some nefarious outside force. With few exceptions we are the governor that limits the scope and breadth of our own lives.
Proposed ADS-B bill will protect general aviation
The Pilot and Aircraft Privacy Act will do nothing to harm aviation. It will, however, safeguard a pilot’s privacy while ensuring that ADS-B — a safety tool required by the FAA for aircraft operating in controlled airspace and funded by pilots — is used for its intended purpose and not for economic gain.
Questions from the Cockpit: Reno reboot
Question from pretty much every pilot I know, in pretty much every state: What did you think of the National Championship Air Races in its new location?
Can pilots help save this small town?
As pilots we have the ability to combine a $100 hamburger run with helping to restore a community.
Radical Japanese fighter overcome by events
The Kyushu Shinden first tested its wings on Aug. 3, 1945. Two more quick test sorties, said to have been made on Aug. 6 and 9, the dates when atomic bombs exploded over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, were the last flights for the Shinden. Six days later Japan surrendered, ending the war and the need for the Shinden.
Can aircraft certified on 115/145 avgas use the new unleaded fuel?
As general aviation transitions to a lead-free future, some GA pilots are wondering about 115/145 avgas.
Questions from the Cockpit: Night and day
Mack, a student pilot in Florida, writes: I just learned that there are three different definitions of night in the regulations! What’s the deal with all these overlapping definitions? Is the FAA just trying to make it harder on students than it needs to be?