We are going to explore a few commonsense ways to stay out of trouble out there. The headline is a bit of a “grabber”, the point remains that flying is unforgiving. It can be extremely safe, but we can’t take that for granted. Keep flying the airplane. This is a huge issue. Flying in this…
I penned an article for General Aviation News this week about a Human Factors condition known as Plan Continuation Bias, we know it as “get-there-itis.” I thought folks that come here would enjoy it as well. Without giving it away, I will say that this human condition is in all of us and I have…
7 Habits of Highly Effective Aviators Habit 1 – Seeks perfection. I believe this is a key trait and it should not be limited to the professional. If you always strive to be the best, you’ll need to know how to accept coming up short without being frustrated. If you fall down you just…
Last weekend our local EAA and IAC Chapters hosted the annual joint safety seminar. We also have a FAASTeam representative there so we can give FAA Wings credit to whomever attends. The last couple of years, the venue has been PrimeAero at Marysville airport here in Central Ohio. They are gracious hosts and let us use…
Timing is everything When it comes to aviation, timing is certainly everything. I pondered this as my friend Bob and I worked on timing the magnetos on his yet to be born, RV-10. [br] You see, the mags have to be aligned and adjusted to precisely fire the spark plugs at just the right time…
[pullquote]I will go ahead and state for the record, and in spite of my safety-promotional-ways, that I am not opposed to this type of flying, but…[/pullquote]
Flying is an amalgamation of victories and defeats, thrills and chills. Therefore let us not forget, “there but for the grace of God, go I.” This fine Summer day dawned really beautifully. I had a trip for an owner of a C-421B from KDUC (Duncan, OK) to M25 (Mayfield, KY). We were under contract to…
I am pleased to add this new page to iFLYblog.com called Aviation Resources. You will always find it at the top of each page in the navigation bar. The goal is to provide a single click where folks can go to see what I recommend in terms of products and more importantly, where you can…
NTSB Safety Alerts: General aviation is on the radar and not in a good way! You might have noticed that the NTSB sent out five Safety Alerts last week in response to general aviation safety. Here are NTSB Chairman Debra Hersman’s opening remarks to the Board regarding the issue at hand, “While there is much…
Safety vs. Risk Management I am starting to loath the word safety. This term has been carelessly bandied around for years. Talk long enough to a fellow pilot or group of pilots and inevitably it will come up. The Internet is particularly riff with declarations of safety. Even I admit to hippocratic overuse of the word…