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Featured Flying Technique  What Is the Most Fuel-Efficient Airplane? Much more goes into this crucial calculation than fuel flowing through the engines. December 2008 Airshow Briefing The warbird shows are among the most popular at Oshkosh every year, and coordinating so many airplanes and explosions, requires careful planning. November 2008  Weather Lessons Learned Raw experience and not book learning will teach you what's up with the weather. Richard shares some many lessons learned. February 2008 12 Steps to Understanding Weather Information Richard Collins points out 12 steps in handling weather and the inherent risks. March 2007  Breaking the Rules I was excited about buying a 1966 Piper Cherokee 140, discovered in Trade-A-Plane. I negotiated with a gentleman in Owensboro, Kentucky, who finally accepted my ... November 2008 Trust Your Gauges I awoke early on a beautiful October Thursday morning. I had been planning to fly from Big Piney, Wyoming, (KBPI) to Meridian, Mississippi, (MEI) to ... October 2008 The Ghost Ship of Peterborough It was a dark and stormy night in late October. George, one of five partners in our Warrior, and I were completing the last leg ... July 2008 Night Takeoff I was flying a Piper Cherokee 180, one I had rented and flown many times before. Outbound, I had flown alone from Seattle to an ... August 2007  The Wayward Wind When a Beech Sierra flown by a 4,000-hour commercial pilot, accompanied by his wife and daughter, arrived at the Fulton County Airport at Wauseon, Ohio, ... December 2008 The Optimist's Approach On Christmas night, 2006, it was foggy in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Briscoe Field was reporting half a mile visibility in fog, with the ceiling at 100 ... November 2008 Intervention I went to a Catholic grammar school (where they actually taught grammar, by the way -- a dying art). The Sisters of the Holy Cross, ... October 2008 Teardrop Turn On January 9, 2006, a Cirrus SR20 crashed at Lancaster, California, during a training flight. The airplane had apparently stalled during an attempt to turn ... September 2008  Back to Cyber Flying School Need to slip away from the holiday crowd? Try an online mini-course. 11/20/2008 Preheat Your Oil, Not Your Cylinders "There is only one reason to preheat a piston engine; and it's not to make it easier to start."—Lew Gage 11/13/2008 November Is 'Deer Season,' and Your Airplane Could Get Bagged, Too Bucks and does are looking out for each other, not you. 11/6/2008 To Help Gas Prices Go Down, Maybe We Just Need to Buy More Gas Make room for lower-price fuel at FBOs' fuel farms. 10/30/2008 |
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