Year: 2020

How Long After a Blood Donation Can I Fly?

A pilot should not fly an airplane or helicopter within 72 hours after a blood donation or transfusion due to the lowering of oxygen carrying...

Spatial Disorientation

Spatial Disorientation can be a killer. An extremely dangerous situation occurs when a pilot unintentionally flies from visual flight rules  (VFR) into instrument meteorological conditions...

Risk Assessment

General aviation pilots should regularly assess their recent flight experience, training, and pilot certification to develop personal minimums for wind, ceiling and visibility, and instrument...

Helicopters Fly Where Others Can’t or Won’t

Due to the unique characteristics of helicopters, they are used in a variety of missions that can test both the skills of the pilot and...

The Garmin “Autoland” System

Garmin is a company that makes avionics for airplanes. The company recently introduced an emergency one-button “Autoland” system on certain airplanes. When pushed, the system...

Loss of control in-flight (LOC-I)

A pilot’s primary responsibility is to avoid a loss of control (LOC) of the aircraft. Loss of control in-flight (LOC-I) is a leading cause of...

What are IMC Conditions?

There have been a lot of questions about helicopters flying in clouds and fog. A term used frequently by pilots, and recently by the media,...

3,128 Lives Lost in AZ Hospitals From Avoidable Medical Errors

Physicians, surgeons and other health care providers owe a duty of care to their patients. They must obey the rules and standards of the medical...