Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Ask the front porch gang at the local airport which is better, a “six-pack” full of traditional round dial instruments or a bright new glass cockpit screen, and the answers will be all over the map. So, the answer to the question— round dials or glass cockpit ?—is Round Dials or Glass Cockpits: Which Is Easier to Fly?

Cockpit 102

Cockpit Instrument Landing System Approach Pilot 102

Air Facts

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

“The instrument conditions, likely turbulence, and increased workload imposed by beginning the approach phase of the flight presented a situation that was conducive to the development of spatial disorientation and a loss of situational awareness. George works for you. Book work and sim time really do pay off.

Pilot in Command 95

Pilot in Command Pilot Approach Airplanes 95

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

If the runway could not be made my plan was to put the aircraft down in the field west of the airport close to the VOR. Weeks prior to the incident I had flown many approaches in IMC in which IMC was maintained at and beyond the FAF.” The turn to final started at roughly 50 feet when the plane was already over the runway, or nearly.

Gross Weight 98

Gross Weight Runway Airplanes Pilot 98

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Just north of the Selinsgrove VOR, Harrisburg called with the first change in routing. I shut down the Warrior, tidied up the cockpit, and met him at the nose of my airplane. From Williamsport, the Susquehanna River follows a ridgeline westbound to Lock Haven, former home of the Piper Aircraft Company. Welcome to College Park!"

Transponder 52

Transponder Approach Clearance General Aviation 52