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  7 Types Of Turbulence That Can Rock Your Flight

  Flying through turbulence can be stressful and fatiguing, so it's good to understand where and how it happens.

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 03/04/2016
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  Flying Inverted Never Looked So Good

  Combine an airshow pilot, citation jet, and a world class photographer, and you get one of the world's coolest photo shoots.

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 02/18/2016
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  Live Life With A Different Attitude (Inverted, That Is)

  If you had any plane to fly this weekend, an Extra 300LC wouldn't be a bad option...

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 02/06/2016
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  A VFR Pilot's Guide To Flying In Class B Airspace

  Flying into Class B airspace for the first time can be stressful. But if you've never done it before, just grab a local instructor and have them show you how its done.

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 02/02/2016

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  Why You Never Forget Your First Solo Flight

  "Wow, I'm the only person in the world who can land this plane."

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 01/30/2016
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  If You're A Pilot, Don't Say These 9 Things On The Radio

  As pilots, there are things we can do to brush up our radio skills to make our lives, and the lives of controllers helping us, easier. So here are 9 things you'll want to avoid doing on the radio.

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 01/27/2016
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  Engine Failure And Dead-Stick Landing

  Your engine just failed - what should you do?

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 01/16/2016
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  6 Fly-In Events For Every Pilot In 2016

  There's no better way to enjoy being a pilot than to fly into an event for camping, food, fun, and an airshow with friends. Here are some of this year's best events that you should fly to.

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 01/01/2016
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  Most Pilots Don't Know How To Recover From This Type Of Stall

  As pilots, most of us are familiar with structural icing and the dangerous, sometimes fatal, situations it can cause. But did you know that icing on your horizontal stabilizer can result in a tailplane stall that requires opposite stall recovery techniques?

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 12/22/2015

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  On Top Of The World: The Life Of A Pilot

  Being on top of the world is why we love to fly, and this is what being a pilot is all about.

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 12/19/2015
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  This Is The Best 787 Paint Job Of 2015

  When it comes to aircraft liveries, there are some really good, and really unique ones out there.

  • Swayne Martin
  • 12/18/2015
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  Your Plane's Electrical System Begins To Die At Night, Now What?

  Just when you thought knowing light gun signals would be useless, you find yourself flying with failed radios, a non-transmitting transponder, and a dying electrical system into a tower controlled airport. Oh yeah, and it's night.

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 12/15/2015
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  7 Things That Determine If You'll Be Able To Take Off

  There's a lot to consider when you're calculating takeoff performance. And if you don't understand what will affect your ability to takeoff, you might end up making a mistake like this...

  • Swayne Martin
  • 12/15/2015
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  10 Things Every Pilot Feels Before A Checkride

  If you've gone through, or are about to take, your checkride, you've probably experienced these feelings.

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 12/04/2015
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  9 Things You'll Learn From Owning Your First Airplane

  Most pilots dream of owning their first airplane. Your first ownership will probably seem like a little marriage - With a combination of a honeymoon, consideration of divorce, but everlasting fun that you can't get away from.

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 12/02/2015