Flying Lessons Weekly

Topics this week include: > LESSONS from Down Under > Know thy aircraft > “I failed IMSAFE” Download this report as a pdf FLYING LESSONS uses recent mishap reports to consider what might have contributed to accidents, so you can make better decisions if you face similar circumstances.  In most cases design characteristics of… Read More

Topics this week include: > Partial power loss > The Region of Heightened Uncertainty > Three objectives Download this report in a pdf Last weekend I was a guest speaker representing my employer at the Beech Bash in the Bluegrass(TM), a grassroots social fly-in with an educational component primarily for Beechcraft(TM) pilots. In… Read More

Topics this week include: > We don’t know > Steep spiral > Just bad decisions Download this report in a pdf From a recent NTSB preliminary report: A Cessna 210L was destroyed in an accident near Raceland, Louisiana. The pilot and flight instructor were fatally injured. The accident pilot had recently… Read More

Topics this week include: > A fatal trend? > Continual training > Success story Download this report in a pdf FLYING LESSONS uses recent mishap reports to consider what might have contributed to accidents, so you can make better decisions if you face similar circumstances.  In most cases design characteristics of a specific airplane… Read More

Topics this week include: > Three strikes > We’re all susceptible > Confident go, warranted no-go Download this report in a pdf FLYING LESSONS uses recent mishap reports to consider what might have contributed to accidents, so you can make better decisions if you face similar circumstances.  In most cases design characteristics of a… Read More

Topics this week: > Admitting it can > We don’t know why > Everyone does it, it’s inconvenient, nothing bad happened Download this report in a pdf FLYING LESSONS uses recent mishap reports to consider what might have contributed to accidents, so you can make better decisions if you face similar circumstances.  In most… Read More

Topics this week: > Negative performance > The real argument > You won’t be wrong Download this report in a pdf FLYING LESSONS uses recent mishap reports to consider what might have contributed to accidents, so you can make better decisions if you face similar circumstances.  In most cases design characteristics of a specific… Read More

Topics this week include: > Training secret > Make it easy > “You gotta learn crosswinds” Download this report in a PDF FLYING LESSONS uses recent mishap reports to consider what might have contributed to accidents, so you can make better decisions if you face similar circumstances.  In most cases design characteristics of a… Read More

Topic this week include: > LODC season > A skillful application of flight controls > When two things go wrong Download this report in a pdf FLYING LESSONS uses recent mishap reports to consider what might have contributed to accidents, so you can make better decisions if you face similar circumstances.  In most cases… Read More

Topics this week: > Stabilized go-around > Landing too fast > Fly the airplane you’re flying Download this report in a pdf Stabilized Go-Around Reader/instructor Mark Sletten commented about last week’s LESSONS: “…we should be teaching students stabilized go-around criteria as well.” Going around is as natural a part of flying as landing or taking… Read More