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High-Tech One Upmanship

Air Facts

I had just picked my airplane up from its annual inspection and needed to get my IFR clearance from the non-towered KDMW via cell phone from Potomac Approach Control, as the RCO was out of service. We would shoot some approaches there, then return IFR to PGD.

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Complete Preflight Checklists All Pilots Need

Northstar VFR

Checklist use is an element that pilots are tested on during checkrides at every level of training. If the inspection hasn’t been performed and signed off by the proper maintenance technician within the required timeframe, the airplane isn’t allowed to fly. By Leslie Caubble, CFI/IGI Checklists are a vital component for safe flying.

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Flying with the Old Breed—Max Karant’s Twin Comanche

Air Facts

We often cruised back to IAD in the twilight haze, asking for a “practice” ILS approach to get back in. That November, I passed my commercial checkrides. Annabelle Fera, my commercial DPE, had conducted checkrides from Private to ATP for over 35 years before retiring in the ’90s. After each lesson, we’d schedule the next.