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    Preflight & Misrigged Controls

    There’s a current thread on pre-flight checks in which a contributor mentions mixed-up controls. The NTSB/FAA Safety Team has made a great video on this about a real case. I’m creating this separate thread on the video because of how powerful it is, and because it has only 1500 views on...
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    Seaplane Crash in Australia

    This is worth following just to find out how it happened. The pilot was apparently highly experienced. Here's tonight's story from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: The passengers included an important British businessman, his two sons, one of them working full time on the anti-Brexit...
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    Differences Between Manual Flight Computers

    I've been a bit curious about this and spent some time yesterday tracking down the history. At this point, there are two styles of manual computer, the E6B (which has a slide that fits into the main body of the computer) and the CR, which is circular and has no slide. Philip Dalton, a pilot...
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