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From Analog to Digital

Plane and Pilot

My first logbook entry in 1992 records a flight in a Beechcraft Skipper , its compact cockpit and low-wing design thrilling for a novice pilot. Aviation then was a realm of VOR needles, paper charts, and the pure joy of stick-and-rudder flight. Here’s how the landscape has evolved since that first flight.

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Fly the Airplane

Plane and Pilot

1 cause of general aviation accidents remains loss of control (LOC). However, these preventable accidents can happen anywhere in our aviation world. The most famous of these was Air France Flight 447. In the old days of VOR and ADF, we just turned knobs and pushed a few buttons. Not surprisingly, the No.