Risk Management

Seaplane Pilots Rescue Ditched Pilot »

By Russ Niles | August 10, 2013

Sometimes it's better to be lucky than it is to be good but the pilot of an aircraft that ditched off Key Largo, Fla., on Thursday seemed to have everything working in his favor. According to a news release, the unidentified pilot's distress calls were heard by Key West Seaplanes pilots Julie Ann Floyd and Nikali Pontecorvo as they ferried one of the company's floatplanes from Key West to Miami. They offered to help and diverted to the location of the other aircraft, whose pilot was reporting engine trouble. More

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Deer Trail's Drone Hunt Vote »

By Glenn Pew | August 9, 2013

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By Glenn Pew | August 8, 2013

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Berringer Patents... »

By Glenn Pew | August 4, 2013

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FAA Acts On 787 Honeywell ELTs »

By Glenn Pew | July 25, 2013

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2010 UPS 747 Crash... »

By Glenn Pew | July 24, 2013

A newly released 322-page report on the Sept. 3, 2010, fatal crash of a UPS Boeing 747-44F noted "catastrophic uncontained fire" in an area that carried a... More

Low And No Visibility Tech »

By Glenn Pew | July 19, 2013

BAE Systems recently demonstrated a system that provides helicopter pilots with situational awareness of their immediate surroundings while flying in zero... More

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