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The rate of loss of control inflight (LOC-I) accidents appears to be imporoving, according to data from Aviation Performance Solutions.

Aircraft flown single-pilot are 30 percent more likely to be in an accident, making it important for these pilots to improve their risk-management skills.

Missed approaches can come in numerous forms but the pilot must be prepared and manage the aircraft and flight path to ensure safe clearance.

For a quarter-century, the Bombardier Safety Standdown has helped promote aviation safety.

Circling approaches are 25 times less safe than straight-in approches and thus should be conducted only as a last resort.

Automation reduces workload, creates efficiencies and is highly dependable, but can present pilots with an unexpected, obscure, or highly complex scenario.

Airbus and Cathay Pacific might want to rethink a project aimed at allowing single-pilot operations of airliners during the cruise phase of flight.

UPRT in your aircraft, virtually: APS leverages VR technology to further mitigate the LOC-I threat.

Aviation Performance Solutions (APS) hosts an Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT) Safety Summit for Professional Pilots Worldwide next Tuesday.

The NBAA Safety Committee has reinvented itself into a “finely tuned machine" and charted a course by releasing its top aviation safety focus areas.

Upset prevention and recovery training specialist Aviation Performance Solutions has opened its new 62,000-sq-ft HQ at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.

Runway confusion events are often precursors of a runway incursion and potential collision between aircraft, airport vehicles, or construction equipment.

Seamanship and airmanship are similar—both involve the art or mastery of operating a vessel and a highly specialized skillset.

The accidents that occur in business aviation point to systemic problems that need to be addressed.

Stress is unavoidable for pilots, but it can be managed though preparation, anticipation, planning, communications, CRM, and time management.

Checklist usage, a foundation to both good airmanship and safety, could have potentially prevented a June 2019 King Air accident.

Runway excursions continue to be a threat during the aircraft landing maneuver. Here are some tips to help pilots avoid these mishaps.

A crosswind takeoff is a difficult maneuver that requires a lot of “rudder and stick” skills.

The Genesys UH-60 cockpit modernization replaces the entire avionics and instrumentation system, saving 80 pounds in operating weight.

Better ways of training business aviation pilots are becoming more available.

The crash that killed Kobe Bryant could have been avoided if the pilot just decided to land the helicopter instead of continuing the flight.

An emerging safety threat identified through incident investigations and flight data analysis points to lower-than-prescribed rotation rates during takeoff

While the utility and popularity of weather apps is impressive, they are no substitute for knowledge of weather required to operate an aircraft safely.

Though air traffic dropped during the pandemic, TCAS Resolution Advisories increased. AIN aviation safety editor Kipp Lau explains the reason why.

One of the tenants of business aviation is its versatility and flexibility, but what happens when you can’t go?

Unstable approaches are a popular topic with aviation safety professionals, but rarely do they ever talk about flying the aircraft.

Standard operating procedures, which provide a standardized method to complete a task, should always be followed in aviation to help improve safety.

Operating aircraft within or over a war zone has clearly turned out to be a failure in risk management.

NTSB docket on a 2019 crash of a Citation Latitude paints a detailed account of an unstable approach that led to a botched landing and runway excursion.

When you are out flying the line, have a strategy ready to change-up the conversation if it turns political.