by Ken Steiner | Oct 20, 2018 | Aviation Safety Articles and Tips
Being involved in a car fender-bender is usually a simple proposition to contend with.  Exchange information with the other driver, maybe file a police report, call for a tow if needed, and then notify your insurance company.  All pretty basic stuff.  Not...
by Ken Steiner | Oct 20, 2018 | Aviation Safety Articles and Tips
We’ve all been there.  All of a sudden the fuel gauge is the most important instrument in the plane.  Our eyes start fixating on it every few minutes trying to find comfort in a remaining fuel supply that is now in question.  Then comes that anxious...
by Ken Steiner | Oct 20, 2018 | Aviation Safety Articles and Tips
Many years ago, I was flying a single-engine plane at night across some very remote and hostile mountainous terrain when the engine started to run rough. It was so subtle at first that I thought it was “automatic rough” caused by an over-active imagination...
by Ken Steiner | Oct 20, 2018 | Aviation Safety Articles and Tips
“I really don’t like the idea of you taking this plane to Tahoe,” said the owner of the FBO who had just checked me out in the school’s Cherokee 140. I gave him reassurances that I was a very safe and competent pilot and, in fact, I had even...
by Ken Steiner | Oct 20, 2018 | Aviation Safety Articles and Tips
All summer long it seemed that no matter which direction I headed, there was a permanent headwind attached to the front of the plane. If this kept up I was going to trade my airspeed indicator in for a calendar. Finally, the winds agreed to partner up with me on a...
by Ken Steiner | Oct 20, 2018 | Aviation Safety Articles and Tips
Crossing the majestic Sierras on one of my rare weekend pleasure flights, thoughts of work started to creep in. Though all was serene in this perfect sky, I couldn’t help, but wonder how many of my fellow aviators would experience a less than an enjoyable ending...
