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AvWeb Articles

"The Internet's Magazine and News Service" publishes a large number of articles on a variety of subjects. Here are just a few selected articles.

This is not my "best of AvWeb" or anything like that, these are just articles I've run across that I think are useful. Enjoy!

Airport Operations

• Student pilot landing errors. Always, always, fly the plane even when the wheels are on the ground!

• A discussion and an interesting method for Entering the Traffic Pattern.

• For instrument pilots one of the hardest skills to learn and practice is Transitioning to the Visual.

• Related to transitioning to the visual are long straight in approaches over dark or featureless terrain, the Black Hole Approach.

Radio Communications

• We should all aspire to Sound Like a Pro.

Pre-Flight Planning

• When was the last time you worked a Weight and Balance problem?

Instrument Pilots

• The Control and Performance technique.
• A couple of articles on holding:

  • Hold Entries Revisited

  • Who Needs Holds?

Aircraft Upgrades

• Getting ready to checkout in a complex aircraft, then you'll want to know all about Complex Propellers.