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TRAINING & SAFETY

Weather

Attempting to continue visual flight into instrument conditions is consistently one of the leading killers in general aviation, but it’s far from the only hazard arising from unfriendly weather. Thunderstorms, non-convective turbulence, and both airframe and induction icing bring down airplanes every year—and even instrument-rated pilots on IFR flight plans don’t always keep the right side up in IMC.

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