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Experimental Aircraft Association January, 2018
Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania Volume 42, Number 01
Doylestown Airport (KDYL)
3879 Old Easton Rd.
Doylestown, PA 18902
Meets: Last Wed each of month (7:30 PM)

CHAPTER CHATTER

Chapter Number 78 Flying Through History

What Happens When Your Pitot Tube Ices Over?

Takeoff In Dense Fog Results In Deadly Christmas
Eve Crash (December 24, 2017)
Video: Top 7 Mistakes You’ll Make as a Pilot
On Christmas Eve, five people were killed
Nick Cyganski of Friendly Skies Film posted “Top when a pilot attempted taking off in foggy
7 Mistakes You’ll Make as a Pilot.” He notes that conditions. While the takeoff was legal under
“although you should always do your best to be Part 91, had this been an airline flight, the
the best pilot you can be, it’s ok to make mistakes, plane probably never would have left the
and that’s often how we learn.” The video ground. Here's why.
chronicles “just a few of the silly things, and some
not so silly things, that will likely happen to you in
your first 250 hours of flying.”