Anytime you learn a new skill, there will be a phase where you don't know what you don't know. Flying is a prime example of this. Expect the first manifestation to be when you are learning to do a ...

Answer: I too live in a rainy part of the world, and many of the aircraft I fly are kept on the ramp. The best way to keep water from getting in the fuel tanks is to make sure the rubber gaskets on ...

The other day I was reminded, once again, of the trouble with a preflight inspection: When you find something wrong, it’s too late to do anything about it. I was doing my routine run-up. My ...

Lufthansa has developed a new iPad application that will “digitize” its pre-flight aircraft inspection process using Apple’s SwiftUI developer framework and Ditto’s peer-to-peer real time database.

The free augmented reality training in the Cirrus Approach app helps new Cirrus pilots learn how to conduct the preflight inspection. © Cirrus Aircraft ...

The authors of preflight checklists are addicted to the “Windshield-check” or “Radome-check” format. The standard response of “check” does little to provide specific information that pilots should ...