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January 01, 2012

ANN Special Feature: When Slower Is Not Safer - 01.02.12

ANN's Paul Plack talks with CFI Bob Miller of Over The Airwaves about when slower is not safer.

NTSB Prelim: Severe Icing Encounter Takes King Air Down Hard

Aircraft Impacted Residential Area, Pilot Survived With Serious Injuries

OK... it did not take long to read into this prelim before I got a severe case of the willies. I don't care what you're flying... ice is nothing to mess with and even a high-performance turbine twin with FIKI capabilities means having to be very CAREFUL when it comes to icing conditions... even more so during the VERY vulnerable issues that take place during an IFR approach. The pilot is lucky to be alive... but another 'airplane crashes into house' story is the last thing this business needs.