A Good Day for Crosswind Practice
Arround the Pattern
MAY 11, 2025
Helping with an annual inspection is the closest I have been to flying lately. I'm hoping for that to change soon.
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Ditching Demystified: What Every Pilot Should Know About Landing on Water
Flying Magazine
JUNE 23, 2025
Staying within two miles of shore might have prevented the ditching, but this is one of those cases where the pilot really stacked the deck against a favorable outcome: no medical, no BFR, and the airplane’s last annual inspection had been nine years earlier.
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He knows its history better than anyone and is responsible for performing the next annual inspection, thereby determining its fate. You’ve heard of owners running an engine 500 hours beyond the recommended overhaul time, and you’d like to get input on that. Your first stop needs to be the mechanic who takes care of your bird.
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