Month: January 2024


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Cessna 152 loss of control and collision with terrain

It’s not often that I write about airplane accidents, but this report makes useful (and sad) reading for PPL students across the country. In August of last year, in Alberta, a Cessna 152 crashed, killing the sole-occupant pilot. The aircraft was owned and operated by an aerial photography company, and had made a forced landing… Read more »


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CPL privileges

Someone posed me an interesting question earlier today. At least I think it’s interesting. Suppose a pilot has a Commercial Pilot Licence…


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Fixed vs. constant speed propellers

Despite the terrible weather this last month I have been doing various lessons for students in the Decathlon, and those students while experienced enough in the basics of flight and aircraft control have no prior experience behind a constant speed propellor, which which the Decathlon is equipped. As I’ve written previously, there are a range… Read more »