Chair’s Corner
SAFE puts a lot of emphasis on our presence at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, as does the whole general aviation industry. If you are attending…
Executive Director Report
The world’s largest aviation event goes by many names – AirVenture, Oshkosh, EAA, and for a few lucky aviators, we call it home. Yes,…
Sponsor’s Corner: Sporty’s Pilot Shop
How many times have you heard this? “I’ll never learn what all these dials, gauges and numbers mean.” Probably as much as you’ve had…
SAFE Lifetime Membership
A new level of SAFE membership, Lifetime, was recently added to the organization’s three existing membership options. With an age-based pricing structure, the Lifetime…
Spin Training: Not So Sure?
Stall/Spin accidents account for only about 8 percent of the total accidents, but they are responsible for 25 percent of the fatalities and serious…
Joe Grant: Honorary SAFE Member
by Mike Coligny It’s hard to believe it was a half dozen years ago that I met SAFE’s first Honorary Member. I received an…
Lights/Transponder ‘ON’ for Safety
These days, runway incursion avoidance is a big deal. The FAA is doing everything it can by educating pilots and controllers so we don’t…
Night Flight
It was 11:07 p.m. local when I called Oakland Center. We had just departed Runway 32 at Sonoma County Airport and were making a…
ADS-B, Check!
It seems that the concept of equipping for “Next Gen” has been around for a long time. My first encounter with it was in…
Snowstorms? Now?
Here’s a winter story to cool you off in the hot summer months. Once again, a student got me into trouble. But of course…
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