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One thing I see occasionally is that pilots don't know what characteristics actually define the different intensities of turbulence. More than once I have heard reports of "severe" turbulence that, upon further investigation, were actually more like "moderate" but over-reported due to ignorance...

You mean like all of the Lancairs and Glasairs that run in the Sport Class?

The Mojave Air Races were right hand turns.

He actually has a pretty funny Facebook profile.

I'm sure we'll see you with a KCM badge eventually.

Unless they were all part of the same, ahem, ride, I think you'd better move the goalposts of that "bucket list" item.

(neither of which either aircraft can actually do out in the operational environment)

The A-10 guys are having an aneurysm.

"G"FM, as the baby Viper drivers execute it. Who needs technique and tactic when you can just put the lift vector on and pull to the limiter?

Depends on how you define "causes". Students and new pilots have no basis of experience on which to make airmanship decisions, so they (knowingly or not) rely on either rote following the artificial guidelines they've been given by their instructors or flight schools, or mimicking the...

"Gravity" and "G" (as measured in an aircraft) are not the same thing. We are talking about "G" as a force vector. I'll turn the question back on you, and ask if your definition is all-encompassing, how I can do a 7G (as measured by a cockpit G-meter) level turn in an F-15E? Better yet, how...

This is where your understanding of the forces of flight will begin to transition away from the "training wheels" explanations that are presented during initial training on to an actual understanding of how and why an airplane flies. First, forget thinking that airplanes know (or care) about...

Airmanship and judgment can neither be taught nor learned in a classroom. It takes experience.

I’m not sure if you followed the logic of my post if you think your reply somehow countered it.

All taildraggers are the same just as all nose-draggers are the same.

It is a disappointing trend that so many pilots wish to transform the aircraft into essentially a flying car that happens to have a vertical component to its travel. Aircraft, regardless of how they're designed or constructed, are by definition all attitude vehicles. They don't know which way...

Taildraggers with no electrical systems for the win.

The best plan is just to remove the attitude indicator, go and do your aerobatics, then reinstall when you're finished.

You made the right choice. Honestly, in the vast majority of these types of situations there is no reason not to take the most conservative path.

Instrument flying is one of the areas where "chair flying" (ergo, mental rehearsal of the flight from chock-to-chock in as granular detail possible) and PC simulators have value. As said earlier, the majority of learning to be an instrument pilot is in the realm of procedures, most of which is...