by William E. Dubois | Jan 26, 2023 | #Aircraft, 20230126, Aviation News, flight training, flying, General Aviation, Opinion, Pilots, Questions from the Cockpit
Megan, a commercial pilot candidate in Arizona, writes: I’ve just been introduced to accelerated stalls, and it made me wonder if there is such a thing as a decelerated stall. I checked my training books and couldn’t find anything, and when I checked in with Uncle...
by William E. Dubois | Dec 28, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20221222, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Opinion, Pilots, Questions from the Cockpit
Galen, one of our pilot readers, writes: Hello, I have always wondered why the left magneto is to the right on the keyswitch, and the right magneto is to the left. Read...
by William E. Dubois | Nov 17, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20221117, Aviation News, Avionics, flying, Garmin, General Aviation, Opinion, Pilots, Questions from the Cockpit
Where is AGL measured from? As with most things in life — and aviation — it depends. Read...
by William E. Dubois | Oct 30, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20221020, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Opinion, pilot watch, Pilots, Questions from the Cockpit
Linda, an FBO employee in California, writes: What can you tell me about pilot’s watches? It seems like all the pilots I see — especially the men — wear HUGE watches. Is this something they actually need? Or is it a style thing? And are they as expensive as they look?...
by William E. Dubois | Oct 3, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220922, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Opinion, Pilots, Questions from the Cockpit
Phillip, working on his commercial ticket in Florida, writes: “Settle a bet for us here at the flight school: Why is dead reckoning called dead reckoning? Online, there seems to be a lot of difference of opinion about the origin of the term.” Read...
by William E. Dubois | Aug 31, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220825, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Opinion, Pilots, Questions from the Cockpit
While I agree that it sure seems like a lot of airplanes are running out of gas, to be honest, I’m surprised it doesn’t happen more often. And the reason for that boils down to two issues: First, there’s no way to know how much gas you have in your tanks, and second,...
