While testing a novel piece of avionics, two pilots unknowingly become test pilots. By Stephen Davies

A Meridian pilot learns the true purpose of training, and any pilot at any time is capable of making a mistake that leads to a dangerous situation. By John Smith.

Most pilots would agree that gambling with an airplane is a bad idea. See how one pilot found this out. By Donald Burkley.

Have you ever declared an emergency? Have you ever considered it? Ride along in instrument weather with a failed HSI. By Austin Kallemeyn.

Flying a Cheetah with the canopy open sounds pretty cool--so long as you've read the handbook. By Martin T. Murat

There's darkness, and then there's middle-of-nowhere darkness. Add in a low cloud base and you've got the recipe for an uncomfortable flight. By Tom Haack.

Flight safety is compromised by a moose carcass. (By Mark Owen)

An oft-practiced landing technique pays big dividends in the real world when smoke fills the cockpit and the engine self-destructs.

A Centurion pilot ices up over the mountains and hears two voices in his head. Find out which one he listens to. (By Joe Brinck)

A Civil Air Patrol pilot on an Angel Flight mission realizes the importance of patience when he finds himself nose to nose with another aircraft at 100 feet off the deck. By Dale Brown.