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Experience in the Chair: Guiding a Twin Beech Home

Air Facts

The snow plow operators were happy to be able to go about their clearing operations without having to hold short or vacate runways to wait for arrivals or departures. In the 70s, enroute navigation was usually on VOR Airways (Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Radio).

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What NTSB Reports Say About Impossible Turns and Angle of Attack (Part II)

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The instructor was able to complete the turn, but the airplane overshot the runway. The pilot flying wrote, “After completing the turn back to the field we saw the airport environment and we were located over the runway but more than halfway down runway 17. One checkout was at normal weight and c.g.