TAKING TO THE AIR (SOMETIMES RETURING TO THE AIR) WITH ABLE FLIGHT
Two Iraq War veterans, including one who flew the A-10 Warthog in battle supporting U.S. ground forces, are among the recent scholarship winners who will be returning to the cockpit with the help of Able Flight, the organization that uses aviation to transform the lives of people with disabilities. Charles Stites, founder and executive director of the non-profit group, spoke with AVweb's Mike Blakeney about their growing list of success stories.

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FLYING PARTIAL PANEL IN GLASS COCKPITS, WITH IFR REFRESHER MAGAZINE
Although EFIS systems are supposed to fail less often than iron gyros, they do still fail. Cirrus expert instructor John Fiscus, of Kirkland, Washington's Flight Academy, tells how he trains pilots to deal with PFD failures in glass-equipped airplanes. As with any other emergency, it requires a basic procedure, then drill, drill, drill.

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SKYDIVING — THE POPULARITY OF FALLING FROM THE SKY IS ON THE RISE
2007 was the safest year on record for the most popular of the adrenaline sports, skydiving! In this podcast, the U.S. Parachute Association's Executive Director, Ed Scott, tells AVweb's Mike Blakeney why the safety record (and membership rolls, for that matter) continue to spiral upward.

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