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Ditching Demystified: What Every Pilot Should Know About Landing on Water

Flying Magazine

But pilots like to be prepared for whatever might happen, so some theory is important. Aviation Safety ran an article, “Ten Myths About Ditching,” in 2002, and others since then, which contains a lot of information worth studying. The pilot and one passenger suffered minor injuries; another passenger was uninjured.

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How to Wrap Your Head Around Weather

Flying Magazine

In other words, it’s more than just jumping into an airplane and learning stick-and-rudder skills. Despite my background as a research meteorologist, my aviation weather background was limited when I was a student pilot. If you are a student pilot, here are some tips that will help you achieve a good foundation with respect to weather.

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