Flying a race plane is different from flying just about anything else. Find out what happened on this pilot's maiden flight. (By W. G. Hill)

A Mother's Day promise to his wife and mother caused one pilot to push his limits. (By Tom Snow)

Bad decisions often start with good intentions. (By Pat Haseltine)

How does a pilot miss seeing a Boeing 747? (By William Kramer)

Is a cornfield a good choice for an off airport landing? Sometimes you have no other option. (By Scott S. Thomas)

A 182 pilot discovers fuel gauges don't always tell the whole story. (By Dave Houghton)

Accepting a number of seemingly minor risks endangers a Cherokee pilot and his family. (By John Parker)

A Cessna twin pilot applies what he learned in an engine-out emergency to another engine-out emergency. (By Pierre Wildman)

A 172 pilot calls tower and receives an instruction that's completely Greek to him. Of course he is flying in Greece. (By Carl Dworman)

You're flying over the desert and your engine quits. How do you decide which tiny little butte you want to land on? (By Richard Snider)