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Experience in the Chair: Guiding a Twin Beech Home

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MAY 7, 2025

The longest runways had front course and back course ILS (Instrument Landing Systems) and an on-field VOR that provided navigation and approach capabilities for aircraft on instrument flights. In the 70s, enroute navigation was usually on VOR Airways (Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Radio). The Tower had no radar.

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Weight-Shift-Control VOR Runway Distance Measuring Equipment

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

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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. In my old flying club, two checkouts in the Cessna 210 were required because of different handling qualities with gross weight. One checkout was at normal weight and c.g.

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Gross Weight Runway Airplanes Pilot

Experience in the Chair: Guiding a Twin Beech Home

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

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