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Newsletter 30 Aug 2012 | 01:34 am
Please note that flying Anxiety will be shutting down our newsletter subscription due to lack of demand. Please check out our blog for news stories or information on learning more about aviation topi...
Why Do Pilots Sometimes Land At The Wrong Airport? 25 Jun 2012 | 02:36 am
Why do we hear of some pilots landing at the wrong airport? This is a question a lot people would like to know? We hear of incidents of airliners landing on the wrong airport or runway at least once a...
What Makes A Thunderstorm? 18 May 2012 | 02:47 pm
Thunderstorms are mostly common in the spring and summer months. However, they can occur in the winter months on occasion. All thunderstorms need three basic ingredient in order to form: Moisture, ris...
Men Are From Mars, & Woman Are From Venus? 18 Apr 2012 | 09:21 am
Yesterday, there was an NTSB report release of an Air Canada International flight from Canada to Europe that had a flight disturbance. Eleven passengers were slightly hurt. However, this time it wasn'...
80 Year Old Woman Lands Plane After Pilot Dies 6 Apr 2012 | 02:01 pm
This week there was a remarkable story of a 80 year old woman who took over the controls of an advance twin engine turbo prop and landed safely. The plane was flown by her husband who was the pilot. H...
Jetblue Pilot Meltdown 28 Mar 2012 | 04:22 pm
Today there was another incident of a flight crew member having a mental episode in flight. This makes the second incident in two weeks of a flight crew member becoming ill and acting erratic on a fli...
What Is The Most Dangerous Part Of Flight? 13 Mar 2012 | 02:15 am
What is the most dangerous part of flight is often asked by the curious. I think most pilots would say takeoffs and landings are the most challenging. The main reason for this is that your close to th...
Five Tips For Turbulence. 7 Feb 2012 | 11:42 am
Don't lose sleep over your next flight! Turbulence is a natural state of the atmosphere and, fear of turbulence can be managed. Since the birth of aviation, turbulence has been the thing that we just ...
Book Review, " Dragons Of Thin Air" 22 Jan 2012 | 02:57 pm
Just recently, I reviewed an interesting fear of flying book called Dragons of thin air which is a self-help book for anyone who likes information delivered in a different way wrapped up in a little b...
What is the role of the dispatcher? 15 Jan 2012 | 08:18 am
The aircraft dispatcher is considered to be an additional crew member. The only difference is they don't sit in the cockpit put instead behind a computer screen sitting at a desk. The dispatcher's job...
