An aircraft catching fire is a risk pilots have to consider. Firstly, as a pilot, one should: prevent fires from occurring if they...

As long as you understand the basic structure of pilot radio jargon, you won't struggle for long. Here's the secret:

Recency in South African Airlaw - CARs Part 91 (Civil Aviation Regulations)

I was doing a short field landing in someone else's C182. I landed short, dumped the flaps and hit the brakes hard. Stopped in under a hun

There is ONE fatal mistake that pilots make, again and again. I sincerely hope that reading this article will ensure you are NEVER ONE OF T

Airfields have a way of melting into the surrounding terrain and can be pretty hard to spot. This can happen at any level of experience -

Here is the fatal scenario: The sky is overcast and the visibility poor. The reported 8-mile visibility looks more like 3 and you can’t judg

The French were bringing the capital ship of their Indian Ocean fleet to Durban. It was large, impressive - and it had helicopters.

Whining starts as an infection but, uncontested, it ends as a disease. We need to dispute negative talk both in ourselves and, for our...

The thing is that when the ATC messes up, the pilot dies, and when the pilot messes up, the pilot dies. So the pilot must be assertive when

In spite of enormous odds, they did not stop flying until they were stationary, and safely, on the ground.

It was 27 August 2015 when one of the worst nightmare to befall a pilot became reality for two young men who crashed a Cessna 172, ZS-NTR ..