IMSAFE checklist

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Traffic Pattern Jun 19, 2026

The IMSAFE checklist and the preflight you run on yourself before you ever touch the airplane

The IMSAFE checklist helps pilots self-assess fitness to fly across six risk factors before every flight. Here's how to actually use it.

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Traffic Pattern May 14, 2026

FAR ninety-one dot seventeen and the fitness-for-flight rules that go way beyond eight hours bottle to throttle

FAR 91.17 covers far more than the eight-hour bottle-to-throttle rule - here's what every pilot must know about fitness for flight.

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