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Why Skids Are More Dangerous Than Slips
An interesting write-up on one of the biggest killers in aviation, the base to final stall/spin crash. The article does a good job of showing the different effects between a skid and a slip. You may...
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A Man After My Own Heart
How British pilot ‘buzzed’ the Kaiser Story emerges of how daredevil pilot “buzzed” the Kaiser in an audacious stunt just days before the outbreak of the First World War Eric Gordon England in his...
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Fatigue
Summer is here so it’s time to go down to Texas and pick up the 900 horsepower Super Grand Caravan for another season of skydiving in Wisconsin. I was hoping to have the same pilot we had last year...
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Back In The Saddle
The big ball of fire finally made an appearance in Wisconsin and I somehow managed to fly the Super Grand Caravan up to 14,000 feet and back 30 times without breaking it. It’s always a challenge to...
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She Is Risen
When I first opened Skydive Twin Cities I got the meat bombs skydivers up to altitude in 2 Cessna 182′s, 2 Cessna 206′s, and a 1952 De Havilland Beaver. Running 5 planes at once was a big job and...
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Flying To Work
Last week we found a crack in a rib on the tail of the Grand Caravan we lease to fly jumpers at Skydive Twin Cities. The crack was significant enough that the plane was flown from Wisconsin to Atlanta...
View Article▶ More Oops, and Serria Hotel
A great job getting the plane down in one piece. The pilot does a nice job of keeping his speed up and not stalling it while dead sticking it in. The prop comes off at the 6 minute mark.
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Tail Gunner
Airbus: Pilots don’t really need windows Future airliner flight decks may do away with windows and move out of the nose of the aircraft, according to Airbus. The European airplane maker filed a patent...
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Real Pilots
No Automation, One Shot at Landing: It’s Really Hard to Fly SpaceShipTwo Virgin Galactic’s spaceship, meant to eventually take wealthy passengers on brief rides into space, crashed during a test...
View ArticleSeat Belts, What Are They Good For?
You might be thinking that I’m going to go on and on about how as a Libertarian minded person I’m opposed to “for your own good” laws such as the mandatory seat belt laws. We could discuss how it’s...
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A few days ago a female Japanese pilot took off in a Cessna 152 from a Florida airport and didn’t come back. She apparently had over 400 hours and an instrument rating and was renting the plane in...
View ArticleQuazy’s Flight
I mentioned an incident in a post a short time ago about a friend of mine having to land on a country road after being forced down by thunderstorms. It’s a great story and a lot of lessons can be...
View ArticleThe Oh Shit! Moment
Below is an email from our insurance provider, who we all know really dictates much of what we do. Please take the time to read this and think about your procedures. Keep your heads up and keep flying!...
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More Oops
Vintage Catalina Flying Boat In Nic Cage Film Partially Sinks On Beach Yesterday, a gorgeous Catalina PBY named Flora-Bama that was being used as a prop for the upcoming Nicolas Cage movie USS...
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KR-Super 2
Took a break from the daily grind Monday and went over to my parent’s house to help dear old dad work on the airplane he’s building. “What daily grind Kerry? You don’t hardly work at all in the...
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Pressure To Go
This story about the Challenger disaster can be applied to the go, no go decision making process pilots face every time they fly. When your aircraft is in good shape and it’s a bluebird day, no clouds,...
View ArticleClouds Are Scary
As I mentioned last post I’ve taken it upon myself, after much pressure, to pursue my flight instructor rating so as to help eager young fledglings take wing. Or to put it into layman’s terms, scare...
View ArticleBackseat Driver
Yesterday morning dawned cold and clear. The readout on my car’s dashboard read 27 degrees F as I pulled out of my driveway for the long drive to the big city and the flight school I’d chosen to help...
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