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Two conversations
Two conversations, 22 years apart. First day, first squadron: My first squadron commander led this newly-assigned second lieutenant and copilot...
Flying Safety, 05/01/03 by J.S.T. Ragman · More from publication -
Flying safety & Einstein's paradox
One hundred years of flight safety briefings, yet the accidents continue. One hundred years of regulations, standard operating procedures, notes,...
Flying Safety, 03/01/03 by J.S.T. Ragman · More from publication -
Pay-back time: respond and professionalism
Pay-back time. Thirty-eight years ago, he ran alongside me as I attempted my first ride without training wheels. Twenty-eight years ago, he sat...
Flying Safety, 10/01/02 by J.S.T. Ragman · More from publication -
Defensive driving. Wait, make that defensive flying
Pacific Northwest. Mini-van rental. Rural two-lane road. Kids in the back. Wife beside me. Family vacation. A beautiful day. Pacific Northwest....
Flying Safety, 05/01/02 by J.S.T. Ragman · More from publication -
Write a report, set an example, save a life
Late Spring, 1982, a low-level search and rescue mission out of Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, Alaska. Seven sets of eyes on our C-130 are scanning the...
Flying Safety, 04/01/02 by J.S.T. Ragman · More from publication -
Major Anderson: "This moment, this flight"
The aviation world was focused on a 747 pilot, a typhoon, and a collision on takeoff roll. I was focused on myself, an altimeter error, and 299...
Flying Safety, 03/01/02 by J.S.T. Ragman · More from publication -
The Quote
Perhaps nothing would have helped. As I read the initial reports, I tried to imagine the thoughts and feelings running through the pilot's mind in...
Flying Safety, 09/01/01 by J.S.T. Ragman · More from publication -
Another Flight Safety Lesson
I had never seen a copilot take the airplane from a captain. I did what I had to do. I had never seen a copilot take the airplane from a captain....
Flying Safety, 07/01/01 by J.S.T. Ragman · More from publication -
Inherently Dangerous: Inside and Outside the Box
Not one of those pages would have helped in any of those mishaps. Not one of those pages would have helped in any of those mishaps. The...
Flying Safety, 05/01/01 by J.S.T. Ragman · More from publication
