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Charleston, SC

Gary's Flight Journal

To start our flying day I must stress the most important part of flight planning, ADM, Aeronautical Decision Making. It's now 7am and our planned departure time was 9am arriving just after noon. I checked the hangar and had no bulb in my parts cabinet. Departure Day! when she asked.

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Triple Threat of Limitations

Plane and Pilot

In most pilot-error accidents, the outcome was determined when the pilot made a decision to proceed outside the aircraft’s capabilities. Too many pilots have believed the brochure brag of a 700-mile range and have flight planned accordingly, to their eventual regret. Fuel is consumed in hours and minutes, not miles.