Garmin Smart Glide and the single button that flies your engine-out emergency while you find a runway
Garmin Smart Glide is a one-button avionics feature that flies your best glide and finds a runway during an engine-out emergency.
Vectoremergency procedures
The impossible turn and why the engine failure right after takeoff tempts you to do the one thing that kills
Why turning back after an engine failure on takeoff often kills - and the ground-made decision tree that keeps you alive.
PatternThe simulated engine failure on the checkride and the first thing most applicants forget to do
The first thing most private pilot applicants forget during a simulated engine failure on the checkride is to pitch for best glide speed immediately.
PatternThe impossible turn and why the math almost never works when the engine quits after takeoff
Why turning back to the runway after engine failure rarely works below 800 feet AGL, and what to do instead.
PatternThe passenger with chest pains at eight thousand feet and the three priorities that keep everyone alive
How to handle a passenger medical emergency in flight using three priorities: fly the airplane, communicate, and land at the best airport.
PatternThe alternator failure on a night cross-country and the cascade of decisions that bring you home
How to handle an alternator failure on a night cross-country, from detection through diversion and landing.
PatternThe impossible turn and the engine failure on climbout that kills more pilots than it should
Learn why the 'impossible turn' kills pilots and how a departure brief can save your life after engine failure on climbout.
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