Recently added articles from Aviation Safety:
Why can't we make cylinders?(EDITOR'S LOG)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Every so often, it becomes apparent the general aviation industry suffers from some kind of systemic problem affecting its underlying infrastructure. A few years ago, first Continental and then Lycoming discovered issues with new crankshafts. A few years before that, it was Cessna's ...
Questions and comments.(UNICOM)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Regarding August's issue, and Frank Bowlin's article, "Short Stuff," a sidebar discussing Cirrus' short-field guidance for the SR20 states, " ... and maintain the approach speed by lowering the nose ...." Is there something different about the Cirrus that causes airspeed to drop ...
One of each.(UNICOM)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Regarding the article "IFR GPS: Good, Bad, or Just Ugly" (August 2009), I have one question and one comment regarding the sidebar headed, "What Makes A GPS Eligible for IFR Operations?" You state an out-of-date database in an IFR-certified GPS cannot be used for IFR navigation ....
Vacuum pumps.(UNICOM)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 01, 2009; ... In August 2009's article about backup attitude gyros, "More Attitude," you mention in passing that Parker Hannifin quit making vacuum pumps, and left the impression it was because they fail more often. In fact, their decision was made after being named in a lawsuit following ...
Inadvertent IFR: without an IFR ticket, avoiding IMC requires proper preflight planning. Since merely wishing you were back in VMC won't work, what comes next is crucial.(RISK MANAGEMENT)(instrument flight rules)(instrument meteorological conditions)
Oct 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There are times when every pilot wishes. Wishes the weather was better; wishes the airplane was newer; wishes it was better equipped and wishes that he hadn't promised passengers they would be home on time. And that's usually the way it begins. Wishful ...