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79. Severe Turbulence
Turbulence and windshear drove CFII Anna Serbinenko and her students to attempt a difficult diversion. Then, a search and rescue crew runs into troub…
2 years, 2 months ago
78. The Impossible Turn
With a failing engine and unforgiving terrain all around, flight instructor Mark Henshall had a decision to make about whether or not to turn back to…
2 years, 2 months ago
77. Sleeping on the Job
Finding the right teacher can be complicated, but when a flight instructor falls asleep on a student’s first-ever lesson it raises red flags. Also, l…
2 years, 3 months ago
76. Disoriented in the Dark
A pilot faces an instrument failure in the clouds and recalls how a decision to head home in the dark—despite having never flown at night—led to a ha…
2 years, 3 months ago
75. Approach Into the Trees
Experienced pilot Al Hewitt was proficient, current, and ready to go for a short IFR trip he’d made many times before, but when he broke out of the c…
2 years, 3 months ago
74. Build Time-itis
Wanting to build flight time and under pressure from another pilot, a young aviator decided to take a jump plane up for one last flight in spite of d…
2 years, 4 months ago
73. The Hazard You Can't See
During a night proficiency flight, a pilot was practicing partial panel IFR when he had an emergency he did not expect.
2 years, 5 months ago
72. NORDO Near DC
Pilot Victor Vogel was left with only a flashlight and a pencil following a total electrical system failure in his Beech Sierra—and he was headed str…
2 years, 5 months ago
71. A Fuelish Assumption
Pilot Scott Tomlinson hopped into his RV-6, ready to take his girlfriend on a flying date to Ocracoke Island. But a skipped part of the preflight jus…
2 years, 6 months ago
70. Respond or React?
An Air Force Warthog pilot suffered an engine failure during a training mission, but was his course of action the right one?
2 years, 7 months ago