How the Gimli Glider's deadstick landing teaches every pilot the three skills that matter most: best glide, a failure flow, and the forward slip.
PatternCarburetor ice can choke a healthy engine on warm, humid days - learn how to detect it and clear it with carb heat.
PatternGarmin Smart Glide turns an engine failure into a managed glide with one button - here's how it works and where its limits are.
VectorGarmin Smart Glide is a one-button feature that holds best glide, finds a reachable runway, and tunes your radio after engine failure.
VectorGarmin Smart Glide points a single-engine airplane at the nearest reachable runway and holds best glide the moment the engine quits.
VectorA takeoff briefing is the 15-second out-loud plan that decides what you do when the engine quits on departure - here's how to build one.
PatternLearn the ABCDE forced-landing flow and how choosing your field early turns a total engine failure into a routine glide.
PatternRadio Hangar explores Garmin Smart Glide, the One Button That Turns an Engine Failure Into a Managed Problem Instead of a Blank Stare.
VectorCarb ice can choke a healthy engine even on a warm 70°F day - here's how carb heat and the right habits keep you safe.
PatternGarmin Smart Glide is a one-button emergency tool that finds the nearest reachable airport and manages workload when your engine quits.
VectorRadio Hangar explores Ninety-One One Nineteen, the Minimum Safe Altitudes, and Why One Thousand Over Town and Five Hundred Over Open Country Is Really a Rule About Where You Can Put It Down.
PatternGarmin Smart Glide pitches for best glide, finds a reachable runway, and tunes your radio with one button - closing the deadly startle gap after an engine failure.
VectorThe impossible turn back to the runway after engine failure kills skilled pilots - here's how to set your personal turnback altitude and survive.
PatternMaster the power-off 180 accuracy landing by managing energy with no engine - the real skill that also prepares you for an actual engine failure.
PatternLearn how to run a 15-second takeoff briefing out loud before every flight to survive an engine failure on climb-out.
PatternCarb ice is general aviation's most preventable engine emergency - here's why it strikes on descent and how carb heat stops it.
PatternGarmin Smart Glide is a one-button system that pitches for best glide and steers you to the nearest reachable airport when your engine quits.
VectorWhen your engine quits in cruise, fly the ABC flow: pitch for best glide, pick the best field, run the checklist. Here's how to make it automatic.
PatternGarmin Smart Glide automates the first 30 seconds of an engine-out emergency - but it stops short of landing the airplane, and that limit is the point.
VectorGarmin Smart Glide is a one-button system that pitches for best glide, finds a reachable airport, and tunes 121.5 after engine failure.
Vector