by Peter Schlieck
October 25, 1999, Aberdeen, South Dakota – After running out of fuel, a Learjet Model 35, tail # N47BA spirals to the ground and crashes, killing all occupants of the plane. – What had happened?
by Peter Schlieck
October 25, 1999, Aberdeen, South Dakota – After running out of fuel, a Learjet Model 35, tail # N47BA spirals to the ground and crashes, killing all occupants of the plane. – What had happened?
IFR ("Instrument Flying Rules") rating, also known in Europe as IR ("Instrument Rating"), is an addition to your pilot license that allows you to fly airplane without outside visual reference. Basically, in clouds.
Because instrument flying is so different from visual flying, it is not included in the basic pilot license, not even commercial. It is a separate set of knowledge and skills that you are expected to have to be in this, quite hostile, environment.
By Peter Schlieck, Aviation News Journal, Autumn 2010
Record freezing temperatures, landscapes frozen in time and polar bears larger than life: that is Alaska - at least that's our picture of this outpost of civilization.