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Dangerous Goods – Lithium Battery Fire

Dangerous Good Lithium Battery Fire THE ENEMY WITHIN DANGEROUS GOODS IN THE CABIN Dangerous goods have been implicated in at least two aircraft crashes in the past two years – suspected of being a...

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Flying Helicopters In Clouds & Smoke

Night Flying Helicopters For VFR Pilots This past summer there were several accidents flying helicopters in which multiple fatalities resulted from the helicopter pilot’s decision to fly into night...

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Bell 47D Helicopter Accident

Dynamic Rollover Every Pilots Training ARTICLE DATE: March 1990 A BELL 47D HELICOPTER PILOT AND his friend moved the helicopter out of the hangar on a warm, late-winter day in southern Missouri. The...

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Are Experimental Heliepters Safe To Fly

Flying A Homebuilt Helicopter I am often asked about the safety and reliability of the RotorWay experimental helicopters that I fly about 400 hours a year. “Are they safe to fly?” “Safe”, does that...

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Compulsory Aircraft lights

It’s All About Being Seen In The Skies Being seen under ‘see and avoid’ THE FAA FLIGHT RULE that specifies the requirement for aircraft lights is an important part of the collection of rules intended...

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Anodizing and Fatigue Life – Safari Helicopter

Dressing Your Helicopter For Disaster ARTICLE DATE: November – December 2008 Yep, you would like to win an award for the best helicopter. Yep, you also understand that judges highly score appearance....

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The Fallacy Of The Creative Thinking Pilot

Being Too Smart Can Create A Disaster A RAZOR-SHARP ANALYTICAL MIND CAN GET YOU INTO AS MUCH TROUBLE AS IT CAN GET YOU OUT OF BY COURTNEY CHAPMAN AND RICHARD GILSON ASSISTANT PROFESSORS, DEPARTMENT OF...

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Transitional Autorotations – Between the Hover and Cruise Altitude

During flight training most instructors teach you how to perform hovering and cruise altitude autorotations. This is all fine and must be performed on your Private check ride. However, what about...

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De-Laminated Main Rotor Blade

Main Rotor Blades ARTICLE DATE: October 2000 Greetings to you from sunny Sri Lanka May I take the liberty of enclosing an article (with illustrations) which may be of help to members for coping with...

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