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Ask the pilot: How could a pilot not be trained for fog landings? And how is "Jet Smarter" author Diana Fairechild like Ralph Nader with a tray of peanuts?; By Patrick Smith Sep 27, 2002
Ask the pilot: What happens when you drop dry ice into an airplane toilet? And are regional pilots just rejects from the big airlines?; By Patrick Smith Sep 20, 2002
Ask the pilot: Can an airliner get a speeding ticket? And, isn't it a bad thing when an engine bursts into flame?; By Patrick Smith Sep 13, 2002
Ask the pilot: What are the 10 worst airline crashes of all time?; By Patrick Smith Sep 6, 2002
Ask the pilot: Where are all the female pilots? And how do airliners find the runway in the fog?; By Patrick Smith Aug 30, 2002
Ask the pilot: How hard is it fly an airliner? And why can't I keep my tray table down during takeoff?; By Patrick Smith Aug 23, 2002
Ask the pilot: When airplanes collide, who is responsible? Are we doing enough to prevent such disasters?; Patrick Smith Aug 9, 2002
Ask the pilot: Can it really get too hot to fly? And what was it like to be in the air on Sept. 11?; By Patrick Smith Aug 2, 2002
Ask the pilot: Do seat cushions actually save lives? And why don't U.S. airlines fly to Africa?; By Patrick Smith Jul 26, 2002
Ask the pilot: Do airlines cut down the flow of oxygen in the cabin to save fuel? Can wind shear rip off a plane's wing?; By Patrick Smith Jul 18, 2002
Up, locked, and loaded: Should guns be allowed in the cockpit? Possibly, says Salon's aviation expert, but not at the expense of other solutions to air terror.; By Patrick Smith Jul 12, 2002
Ask the pilot: Do pilots sweat bullets during wind-whipped landings? And why are those darn windows so small?; By Patrick Smith Jun 28, 2002
Airplanes don't get no respect: The glamour of the jet age is gone, and that's a shame. It's time to bring back the wonder.; By Patrick Smith Jun 21, 2002
Crash culture: Who is to blame when a 22-year-old 747 falls from the sky?; By P. Smith May 30, 2002
Back in the saddle: These days, because I am an airline pilot, people want to know if I'm scared. Of course I'm scared. I would be nervous flying with a pilot who wasn't.; By P. Smith Apr 11, 2002
Air travel's communications killer: Twenty-five years ago, the greatest disaster in airline history killed 538 people, in part because of a radio glitch that still hasn't been fixed.; By P. Smith Mar 28, 2002
How safe is your airplane?: After the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, some pilots requested that all Airbus A300 planes be grounded. But they're still aloft.; By P. Smith Mar 8, 2002
Concorde: Not even a hideous crash -- and the worst single event in the history of the airline business -- could permanently ground the most sensual and timelessly attractive of airplanes. And by the way, you don't say "the" Concorde.; By Patrick Smith Feb 4, 2002
The inherent danger of flying: Shoe bombs and suicidal 15-year-olds are heightening fears about airline security. But aside from creating more chaos at airports, what can we do?; By P. Smith Jan 15, 2002
Turbulence can kill: Investigators are suggesting that Flight 587 may have become fatally entwined in the jet wake of another plane. Stranger things have happened.; By P. Smith Nov 16, 2001
In the first plane to land after Flight 587: We came down in view of two crash sites and surrounded by thousands of ghosts.; By P. Smith Nov 14, 2001
Search for bombs, not nail clippers: A commercial pilot says that security checks are laughably misdirected; By P. Smith Oct 30, 2001
Newsreal: America's Asian "Berlin Wall" has crumbled: Thanks largely to American Cold War politics, Asia has been fed a steady diet of undemocratic regimes and corrupt leaders. No wonder the current economic turmoil has been such a shock to their systems.; By Jonathan Broder Dec 1, 1997

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