by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman During EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, there was an aircraft accident not related to the convention that claimed the lives of seven individuals that were members…
Tag: Instrument Flight
The Localizer Back Course Revisited
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © Copyright 2024. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2024 Digital Issue So why would anyone want to do a “localizer back…
Putting Your Autopilot On Probation
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © Copyright 2024. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2024 Digital Issue I have used the phrase, “What Is It Doing…
Moving From Legacy Autopilots
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © Copyright 2024. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2024 Digital Issue Over the many decades that I have been flying, there…
Flying An Autopilot With Flight Envelope Protection… The Garmin ESP-X
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © Copyright 2023. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine December 2023 Digital Issue It has been a busy summer flight training and finishing…
What was that voice in my million-dollar headset?
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © Copyright 2023. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2023 Digital Issue In my column in the June/July 2023 issue of Midwest…
Let’s Chat With Air Traffic Control
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © Copyright 2023. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2023 Digital Issue As new pilots, we need to learn a new language…let’s…
The Birth of Button-ology
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © Copyright 2023. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2023 Digital Issue In thinking back to the days of rotating a knob…
How Is Your Instrument Scan?
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © Copyright 2023. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Issue We have become so dependent on autopilots in the aircraft…
The Garmin Aera 660
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © Copyright 2022. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine December 2022/January 2023 Digital Issue In a previous series of articles entitled “The Pilot’s…
The Pilot’s New Panel
by Michael J. (Mick) Kaufman © Copyright 2022. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2022 Digital Issue As I continue to have pilots tell me about and…
VFR Into IMC
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © Copyright 2022. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2022 Digital Issue I recently received a text message from a friend, who…
When Was The Last Time You Flew An ILS Approach?
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © Copyright 2022. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine April/May 2022 online issue. As our avionics continue to improve, many pilots have panel…
Making That Flight Safe As A Superior Pilot!
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © Copyright 2022. All rights reserved! Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2022 Online Issue A superior pilot is one who uses his superior knowledge…
Let’s Make Instrument Flying Easy, By Prioritizing Tasks
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © Copyright 2021. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine – December 2021/January 2022 Online Issue Over the many years of writing this column,…
Human Factors & Instrument Flight A Decade Ago
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman © 2021 October. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine Online October/November 2021 Issue I have been quite active during the summer months doing accelerated…
The Human Factors In Instrument Flying
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman Copyright 2021. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine August/September 2021 online issue I recently watched a video presentation by AOPA on the “Impossible Turn,”…
Are You A Pilot or An Appliance Operator? – Part II
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman Copyright 2021. All rights reserved! Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2021 Online Issue In my column on instrument flying in the April/May 2021 issue…
Aeronautical Decision-Making and Human Factors
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman Copyright 2020. All rights reserved! Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine (online) – December 2020/January 2021 issue We have all seen our lives change since earlier…
Autopilots On My Brain!
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman Published in Midwest Flyer – October/November 2020 issue In recent weeks, I have been helping one of our Midwest Flyer Magazine readers in Brazil troubleshoot…
Using The “E-Word”
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman @August 2020 All rights reserved. Published in Midwest Flyer – August/September 2020 issue Many years ago, while walking through a flight school, I overheard an…
No ADS-B Out? Where Can I Go? Also, Handling Distractions In The Cockpit!
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2020 issue As I am writing this article, there is doom and gloom as the world seems to be…
A Surprise On The Missed Approach
by Capt. Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2020 issue When doing instrument flight training in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC), one can never know what to expect….
Thoughts On Engine Failure During Takeoff
by Harold Green Published in Midwest Flyer – February/March 2020 issue In 2019, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crashed, apparently after attempting to return to the airport following an engine…
Working With ATC, Aircraft Icing & Type Specific Training
by Michael Kaufman I have received an email message from one of our readers with some interesting items I would like to share with you. Fellow pilot, Marty Coddington of Prior…
Interfacing Our Avionics & iPads, ATC, Synthetic Vision & More!
by Michael J. “Mick” Kaufman My column for this issue will address several topics related to instrument flying. I will cover an avionics interfacing problem and how it was solved…
Instrument Flight Buttonology, Garmins & Weather Technology
by Michael Kaufman At press time, Wisconsin’s and the world’s biggest aviation event, “EAA AirVenture Oshkosh” was upon us, and we can all hope that it was a safe event…
Simulator Training Staying Current (and more important, competent) Without Burning Gas!
by Richard Morey, CFII The weather, the economic climate, and your schedule all seem to conspire to keep you grounded. This can be frustrating, especially if you need a few…
The Scan Knowing What To Glance At & When
by Richard Morey, CFII All instrument pilots have heard over and over again that the key to being a good instrument pilot is “the scan.” This seems simple enough, but…