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Your Alternator Just Failed
Now What?
You're cruising along, when suddenly your low voltage light turns on. Now what? Your alternator is your aircraft's primary source of electricity, and when it fails, you need to start
Unintentionally in the clouds
How to survive!
VFR into IMC events have a distressingly high fatality rate. Here's why they happen and some strategies for surviving based on research into reports from pilots who successfully handled
Air Alliance Flight Center
Bonn-Hangelar traning facility certified
As of February 1st, 2017 Air Alliance Flight Center GmbH has received the official approval by the German authorities of their training facility at
The Low-Vis Takeoff
Usually not a good idea
General aviation pilots make IFR takeoffs in reduced visibility and low ceilings on a daily basis. We line up, launch, establish a climb, transition to the gauges and press on with
The four steps of spin recovery
How to escape the Spin
Have you ever practiced a spin? If you have (and even if you haven't), you've probably heard the recovery acronym "PARE". But do you know what each step is for?Read more
The 50/70 Rule
Is there enough Runway left?
Will you make your takeoff before you're out of runway? It's not an question you want be asking yourself on your takeoff roll, especially as you approach rotate speed.
So how do
Ice and Tail Stalls
Why does the Tail ice up quicker?
If you think stall recovery only involves lowering the nose and applying power, and if you occasionally fly in icing conditions, you could someday make a fatal error.Read
Caution Wake Turbulence
How to avoid danger
When's the last time you heard "caution - wake turbulence" from an air traffic controller? Did you think about what it really meant to you? Pilots taking off and landing
Rules of Thumb
Every Pilot should know these rules
Flying gets a lot easier once you know some basic rules-of-thumb. Here are seven of the best rules, and how to use them.1. When To Abort A Takeoff: The 50/70 Rule. A general
To lean or not to lean, that is the question
Best practises when leaning
I’ve recently received several emails regarding whether to operate lean of peak (LOP) or to stay on the rich side.
So is LOP [lean of peak] the dark side that we should never enter?
Let’s
