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Flying this time of year means dodging a whole new set of hazards. Depending on where you fly, those hazards frequently include the dreaded ice.

Perhaps just a normal regional airport, Westfield-Barnes in Massachusetts, gives us more than its share of things to consider.

You do the most comprehensive planning and review that you can. But there are times when the situation changes. Have you considered contingencies?

Some things in aviation never happen, but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist. And, it certainly doesn’t mean you’ll never encounter them.

I regularly make a 25-minute flight in my 1946 Piper Cub from our local home airport in Pella, Iowa, to a grass strip in...

Today’s autopilots can arm for glideslope capture to make life easier. But, it’s possible to intercept a false glideslope if you haven’t managed flight path and autopilot correctly.

Occasionally it’s good to go back and review the basics. This quiz shares wake-turbulence information you may not know. Don’t let one catch you by surprise.

Save Those Recordings I watched a YouTube vid the other day where an obviously concerned CFI, after thanking the controller for all their support and...

FAA Tackles Controller Shortage The FAA is hoping to increase the number of air traffic controller trainees by cutting some of the training for many...

Some might say it’s because of the security imposed on airline travel. Perhaps, but where’s the evidence that GA poses a threat?

While we write this annual feature to be amusing, the intent is also to get you to consider your own actions, lest you be featured on these pages.