Travel Resources Guide
Whether you are watching TV, listening to the radio, reading the paper, or tweeting for that matter, a lot of the conversation has been about the recession and the recovery from it. A clear majority of the people I watch and listen to seem to think that, although the recession and the subsequent
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If a rock falls from the sky and cracks the windshield of your rental car, you are liable for the damage. This point is made clear, somewhere deep inside your rental car contract: you are financially responsible for any damage to the car while it is under your care, whether you caused that damag
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Anyone who has been to an air show and witnessed the dizzying array of aerobatic maneuvers has probably walked away with two impressions: it looks extremely fun and it looks extremely dangerous. The fun part is a no-brainer, but what seem like maneuvers that risk life and limb can actually serve as
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Reports of fatal aircraft accidents are common in today's media. Almost every month, we can turn on the nightly news and hear of a Cessna, an airliner or another kind of aircraft fatally crashing down. When a crash is first reported, details of what caused it are usually unavailable and, for most of
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If you're a pilot who stays abreast of the latest suggestions and recommendations for emergency maneuver training, then you've probably heard about the role that aerobatics training can play in helping pilots recover from extreme unusual attitude situations. At first glance, aerobatic skills might n
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If a rock falls from the sky and cracks the windshield of your rental car, you are liable for the damage. This point is made clear, somewhere deep inside your rental car contract: you are financially responsible for any damage to the car while it is under your care, whether you caused that damage or
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Formation flying is commonly employed during military maneuvers and at air show performances. In either case, though, there are some basic rules that pilots should follow to insure the safety and the integrity of the flight mission, beginning with the rules of formation discipline. Formation disc
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We've all heard the old saying that, because auto accidents are more prevalent than aircraft accidents, flying is safer than driving. What this statement ignores, of course, is that aircraft accidents are invariably more fatal than auto accidents. The best way for pilots to avoid flying accidents is
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There are two kinds of classic cross controlled stalls: the slipping stall and the skidded stall. Both of them can be dangerous, but the skidded stall tends be the most consistently dangerous because of its tendency to tuck "under the bottom" during the stall break. A skidded turn results from yawed
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