In aviation, few moments are as potentially treacherous as the transition from base to final approach with the exception of the “red zone” (what I call it) before I make it to 800 ft AGL and can’t safely teardrop back to the runway. I covered this in another article “Avoiding the Impossible Turn” HERE. Despite…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – A terrifying moment unfolded in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025 when a small, single-engine aircraft (Piper Cherokee) made an emergency landing on a major road in northeast Colorado Springs.The crash was reported at approximately 4:15 a.m. on southbound Powers Boulevard, just north of Barnes Road. Remarkably, all…
There is no doubt that small planes have a higher probability of having an accident than a commercial airliner but today’s airliners are just about the safest way you can do anything. In fact the safest ways to travel in deaths per mile in the United States are ranked. Lowest deaths per mile in the…