How Adventurous Is Too Adventurous? You Decide In Newest Online Course Very few aircraft accidents are the result of a single catastrophic event or decision. Instead, they are usually caused by a string of decisions, each of which made sense at the time it was made. To help pilots improve their decision-making skills, the AOPA Air Safety Foundation launched a free online version Friday of its "Do The Right Thing" series at the ASF Web site.

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"Breaking that chain of decisions is one of the easiest ways to prevent an accident -- and one of the hardest." Source: Bruce Landsberg, executive director of the AOPA Air Safety Foundation. To help pilots improve their decision-making skills, the AOPA Air Safety Foundation launched a free online version Friday of its "Do The Right Thing" series at the ASF Web site.

Aero-Terms! A wide bladed, short diameter propeller used on a reciprocating engine when it is run in a test stand. A test club applies a specific load to the engine and forces the maximum amount of air through the cylinder cooling fins.