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Close Call (June 2020)
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Flying a race plane is different from flying just about anything else. Find out what happened on this pilot's maiden fli... Read more
13 May 2020
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Sputtering into Vegas (January 2020)
Sputtering into Vegas (January 2020)
A 182 pilot discovers fuel gauges don't always tell the whole story. (By Dave Houghton)
20 Dec 2019
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