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What NTSB Reports Say About Impossible Turns and Angle of Attack (Part II)

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What NTSB Reports Say About Impossible Turns and Angle of Attack—Part 2: Analysis, Questions Raised, and Next Steps The current emphasis in general aviation (GA) safety is on visual angle of attack (AOA) indicators and impossible turns (return to the airport following engine failure). for several general aviation airplanes.

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Rubber bands – the reason I quit

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The written test had 25 questions and the hardest thing on the practical was explaining what VOR was and how it worked. Other logbook entries weave a story of the experiences only general aviation can bring. And then the landing near Palm Springs when I became a test pilot for the 182RG crosswind component.

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Hot Times in the "Freeze"

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To provide student pilots an opportunity to experience real world general aviation flying outside of the training environment and introduce them to what they can do once they have earned their pilot certificates. To support our member pilots in trying new things in aviation that might be too intimidating for them to try on their own.

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