Recent content by Lance Toland

ATC would have cleared the air space give them unlimited clearance to climb if it were a Peto static issue he could’ve flown to AOA which is totally separate from that system climbed VFR on top and figured it out from there don’t want to be a Monday morning quarterback but again let the FAA...

Same thing helo pilot did in S76 out west he was afraid of being guilty of something and we shall see if he was in violation of His ops specs Just declare and emergency no big deal ATC is the best and will do all they can to assist if you listen to the Bryant tapes ATC was very...

Let’s cap it for now and let the Feds do their work. If owner was doing a Post maintenance flight in Hard IFR and Ice that alone reveals a lot to this ATP We have to stop the Kumbaya and get serious about these accidents gang

The FAA will find the cause as wreckage is surprisingly intact No one is getting cocky here just an observation that the weather was really awful for any type of GA flying. Saying no is not a shame game it is a product of risk assessment. And to your point he flew a lot of training aircraft and...

Identical loss of a Citation Super S2 last year out of avionics upgrade first flight in a month or so. Owner departed IMC made 5 miles..at least the one saturday did gain some altitude and few miles up stream.. see spread sheet i posted..it is in there..

The point I tied to make in my earlier post, Everything comes at a cost, is that a ticket in your pocket makes not a seasoned airman. Pitot heat is first thing that comes to mind, two untrained CRM pilots also can be a confusing factor if you have no real coordination, second pilot can be more...

we have to police ourselves or the Feds will implement draconian measures. thanks for your kind comment. i am truly concerned.

yes the 501 this weekend. not the one at FTY. that is another issue to unravel.

I was one of the original founders of the Classic Jet Warbird Association. Our number one priority when we formed was how do we stop killing ourselves? in the first year of formation we lost 8 ember in surplus military jets..it was not hard to figure out that ego was a huge factor in these...

Everything comes at a price. Underwriters have been short selling their product for the last 10 years with steady premium decreases warding off competition in hopes of maintaining market share. Eager for lower operating cost operators across the board snapped up below market rate insurance...

can you verify if he ever did sim training in 501SP?