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Wayforward Articles

Pilots can either write articles, or fly airplanes.

I'd rather be flying. However, once in a while a topic compels me to take the time to commit it to words.

Enjoy! Comments to terry@wayforward.net


Hilo Bay Special VFR

A Scenario-Based Instrument Proficiency Check

Monday, September 7, 2009

Here's part one of a two-part recipe for mastering instrument flight on the Big Island.

Hilo has actual instrument conditions...

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Solomon Singer

Introductory Flight

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Solomon has written up his first flight experience. It's a pretty good description of what an introductory flight is like. I include it verbatim:

EXACTLY 6 months ago, July 10 008, I met an acquaintance...

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Nav 122D VOR/LOC/Glideslope

Redundancy in Aviation

Friday, September 5, 2008

Aviation is full of redundancy.

Your airplane may have only a single engine, but that one engine has dual, redundant systems for fuel, air, and ignition.

The next time you do a run-up, consider that...

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Beech A36 Ferry Flight

Crossing the Pacific Ocean in a Single-Engine Airplane

Saturday, April 7, 2007

I was sitting with my feet up in Phil Byrnes' hanger in Hilo, Hawai'i, when Ray Clamback, one of those crazy Australian ferry pilots, walks in. “I need a co-pilot to take that Bonanza to...

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