In Case You Missed It
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Predicting Performance
John T. Lowry's Bootstrap approach makes it easy to create performance charts for your pilot's operating handbook.
Around the Patch
Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook weighs the relative merits of perfectionism in building and maintaining homebuilts versus using the aircraft for its intended purpose: flying.
Down to Earth
When something doesn’t feel (or sound) right, trust your gut and stay on the ground. A stuck valve recently demonstrated this lesson to Amy Laboda.