Content aimed at certified pilots, but good reading for any aviation enthusiast!
This post was published here on ReviewBeforeFlight on Christmas Eve 2017, it is my favorite of my annual Christmas Eve posts, so I wanted to share it again this year! I hope you enjoy… All too often pilots take flying … Continue reading
As a flight instructor, I advise my students to check WX, ATIS, AWOS, NOTAMS, and TFRs before arriving at the airport. I try to follow my own advice, but I did not do that last week. Instead, I checked local … Continue reading
Earlier today, around lunchtime, my fiancée Emily and I stood on our porch and watched four F-15s from the Massachusetts Air Guard 104th Fighter Wing scream by. They were a little ways off, but it was still just like our … Continue reading
The first powered aircraft flight was not all that long ago in the perspective of human history. December 17, 1903 was just over 117 years ago. When you compare that to Michelangelo completing the painting of the Sistine Chapel in … Continue reading
It’s a very odd time in our lives. As we each deal with COVID-19, a virus that has forced all of us to alter how we live, it means things are different. Many times a post to ReviewBeforeFlight on my … Continue reading
Flight training is a very dynamic environment, especially in the context of the on-going attempt to stem the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) though social distancing and avoiding large groups. There are some takes aways for flight training as well. … Continue reading
Immediately after touching down on the runway there’s a lot to do… If you’re making a touch and go then you’re rapidly cleaning up, while maintaining directional control and readying for power application to complete the “-and-go” portion of the … Continue reading
An airplane’s propeller is a vital component, without it you’re not going anywhere… When it comes to the preflight inspection there are multiple inspection items related to the propeller. As much as flying requires dedication and commitment, it shouldn’t take … Continue reading
In 1981, the FAA enacted 14 CFI 121.542 and 14 CFR 135.10. These new regulations that effect Part 121 and Part 135 operations, limited, among other things, nonessential communications in the cockpit, as you can see from the excerpt below: … Continue reading
Each year Santa makes the most epic general aviation flight of the year! I’ve written about this previously (HERE and HERE). Santa takes off and lands in a variety of places and makes deliveries across the globe. This includes millions of deliveries … Continue reading
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