Ground-Reference Illusions During my career, I've spent a good bit of time analyzing the perceptual illusions to which we humans are prone, as they affect us pilots. It's easy to find examples of simple or...

If you’re like me, you subscribe to several aviation-related information sources, of which there are many genres. Some of the ones I pay attention to include brief quizzes plus scenarios designed for us to...

The following is derived from maintenance facility submissions to the FAA’s Service Difficulty Reports database.

Dodging thunderstorms over the Everglades at night in a single. What could go wrong?

A monthly summary of recently published NTSB preliminary accident reports involving general aviation and air carrier aircraft.

Engine failure at night over mountainous terrain is one of the things that keeps us up late. Here’s why. 

What you’re checking, and why, and doing them while airborne and when running lean of peak EGT.