"Improving general aviation safety is a top priority for the FAA and industry. The general aviation fatal accident rate has flattened over the past six years and there were 259 fatal accidents in 2013, at a cost of 449 lives." Source: FAA Administrator Michael Huerta.
The standard high-level set of activities performed by pilots on all operational flights, such as: preflight, engine start, pushback, taxi, takeoff, climb, cruise, descent, holding, approach, landing, taxi, and postflight operations.
As universal military service fades from the public experience, many members of the American public will never get to meet their soldiers and learn of our military's legacy of service and contribution to our Country.