![[Credit: LeRoy Cook]](https://www.kitplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_2791.jpg?w=534&h=462&crop=1 "The Safety Triangle: Balancing Skill, Knowledge, and Judgment in Flying")
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Narrowed Focus
A seemingly complicated part layout can be simplified by narrowing your focus from the part as a whole, to a single hole in...
More Toys
Back in July 2014, I wrote a column justifying all of the toys we pilots like to have in the cockpit. Some are pricey,...
Rites of Passage
Throughout human history, societal groupings of like-minded people have developed certain requirements for new members aspiring to join their fraternity. Whether it be a...
Point Designs
Point designs are the answers to a particular, well-defined problem. They don‘t necessarily answer any other problem.
Progressive Maintenance
Using a progressive maintenance program can be fun instead of it being an annual headache.
In Case You Missed It
Twice the Angst and What a Cost!
Several months back, I was all CAVU regarding my partnership with an old friend...
Shelving Progress
By introduction to his Civilisation television series, Sir Kenneth Clark made a case for...
