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A Perfect Day to Fly: The Tragic Story of the EAA AirVenture 2023 Midair Collision

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A standard traffic pattern by [Wikimedia user Begoon]([link] Left-hand patterns are most common because it allows the pilot, in the left seat of the cockpit, to keep the runway in sight. Note here the base leg, which is a common point to join the pattern ready for the turn to final approach and the runway.

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35 years ago: How a United Airlines crew landed an ‘unflyable’ DC-10

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Haynes took the controls and, noting the same control issues, reduced thrust on the number one engine, which resulted in the aircraft rolling out in a wings-level attitude, giving the crew critical time to evaluate the dire situation Flight 232 was facing. “I was 46 years old the day I walked into that cockpit,” he said. “I

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Keeping One Step Ahead of ATC when flying IFR

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The two most useful benefits have been ADS-B datalink weather and a real-time traffic display in the cockpit, delivered by the network of ADS-B ground stations in the U.S. Call the controller or a flight service specialist. How is the weather developing?

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Into the Flight Restricted Zone | Part 1, Of PINs and Prop Locks

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Normally, when approaching a non-towered airport like Williamson Sodus, air traffic control will instruct the inbound aircraft to "squawk VFR" (i.e., I shut down the Warrior, tidied up the cockpit, and met him at the nose of my airplane. That cannot happen in the FRZ. Welcome to College Park!"

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Adventures in the Mitten | Part 1, Up North to Mackinac

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This lesson was rapidly approaching for Alyssa. A multi-state cross country trip like the one we were taking means a lot of time together in the close confines of an airplane cockpit. Climbing away from Harry Browne Airport, I contacted Great Lakes Approach for flight following to Mackinac.