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Going Commando

AV Web

My student sat at the briefing picnic table outside my t-hangar and, with a “humph,” laid out the sectional chart, the dead reckoning planning chart, and his solar/battery-powered flight computer calculator thingy. He plotted a wind triangle without using the wind side of any flight computer.

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Navigating Instrument Failure at 10,000 Feet

Fear of Landing

I hope you enjoy her account of navigating instrument failure in severe weather conditions – a situation that would test any pilot’s skills and nerve. How I conquered malfunctioning instruments in bad weather…on a scheduled flight that should’ve never taken off! ” He ignores me.

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