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I Was Sure This Video Was Fake. Then I Found Out It Was Real.
Pilot Nick — 6 min read
You’re scrolling on your phone. A widebody drops toward a runway, rolls hard to the right, and its wingtip hangs a few feet above the concrete. Your stomach goes with it. You brace for the crash.
That was me on Thu...
A 787 Made a Surprise Fuel Stop in the Outback This Week. Here’s the Part That Should Make You Less Nervous.
What the headlines missed and what it quietly tells us about the wild 22-hour flights Qantas just locked in for 2027.
Pilot Nick — 5 min read
9 Things a Pilot Would Tell You Before You Fly This Summer
Pilot Nick · 4 min read
Summer flying is crowded, tight, and easy to get wrong this year. So here’s the short version — 28 years at the front of the airplane, distilled into the things I’d actually tell you at the gate.
Lessons From The F...
An Air Canada Captain Flew 900 Flights Without a Pilot Licence for 16 years. Here's Why You Were Safer Than It Sounds.
A 28-year captain on why the evidence is calmer than the headline plus the other pilots who pulled the same trick, including one who taught himself to fly jets on a home simulator.
Pilot Nick - 6 min read
A United Jet Hit a Light Pole Short of the Runway. The Real Mistake Happened Minutes Earlier.
A stable approach at 500 feet. Six feet over a highway thirty seconds later. what the data shows about 'ducking under' and why walking away from a landing is the safest call a pilot ever makes."
Pilot Nick - 8 min read
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