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2 November 2026 · Pilot Sanchez
How to work out the crosswind component, fly the crab and wing-low methods, handle gusts and the rollout, and what demonstrated crosswind really means.
Read more: Crosswind Landings: Crab, Sideslip and Knowing Your Limit
31 October 2026 · Pilot Sanchez
How a Reims-built Cessna 172 spent twelve years watching Dutch traffic jams as police aircraft RP 202, passed through private hands in the Netherlands and ended up flying in Spain.
Read more: PH-RPB: The Story of a Former Dutch Police Cessna
31 October 2026 · Pilot Sanchez
The FAA proposes a $2.39 million fine against a California flight school over a single temperature gauge in a Cessna 172M. Why instruments are part of the certified design, and what owners, renters and students should check.
Read more: A Proposed $2.4 Million Fine Over One Gauge: Lessons on Approved Parts
31 October 2026 · Pilot Sanchez
Two helicopters collided near McMinnville, Oregon, on 29 October 2026, and all three people on board died. We set out what has been confirmed and what FAA guidance says about seeing and avoiding traffic near airports.
Read more: Helicopter Midair Collision Near McMinnville: What We Know and a See-and-Avoid Refresher
31 October 2026 · Pilot Sanchez
What 7000, 2000, 1200, 7700, 7600 and 7500 mean, what SERA and the FAA require, how UK listening squawks and Mode C work and how to change codes without a false alarm.
Read more: Squawk Codes Explained: 7000, 7700 and What Every VFR Pilot Should Know
27 October 2026 · Pilot Sanchez
EASA's Annual Safety Review 2026 records 21 fatal light-aeroplane accidents in 2025, below the 10-year average. What the figures show and what still kills.
Read more: EASA's Annual Safety Review 2026: What the Numbers Say About General Aviation
27 October 2026 · Pilot Sanchez
The desk half of preflight shrinks with experience. Here is what EASA and FAA rules actually require, and an eight-step checklist to cover it before every VFR flight.
Read more: The VFR Preflight Briefing: A Practical Checklist for Every Flight
22 October 2026 · Pilot Sanchez
Legal reserves are only the floor. What EASA and the FAA require, how to build a fuel plan block by block, and when to declare MINIMUM FUEL or MAYDAY FUEL.
Read more: VFR Fuel Planning and Reserves: How Much Is Really Enough?
22 October 2026 · Pilot Sanchez
A loose spark plug made a Mooney M20F backfire after take-off from Beverly in 2025, but the NTSB finds the engine still had power: the fatal stall came in a low, steep turn back.
Read more: A Loose Spark Plug and a Turn Back: Lessons From the NTSB's Beverly Mooney Report
20 October 2026 · Pilot Sanchez
Full power, nose up and still no climb. The BEA says many pilots blame the engine when the wing is the real problem. What its new study teaches.
Read more: Behind the Power Curve: What a New BEA Study Teaches Light-Aircraft PilotsRSS feed10 posts per page
