Daytime VFR flight legality depends on FAR 91.205, requiring specific functioning instruments (air speed indicator, altimeter, compass, etc.). A helpful mnemonic is "A TOMATO FLAMES" to remember them.

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A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board about the cause of a Jan. 27 aviation accident near Woody Creek indicates that bad weather and an “airspeed failure indication” ...

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There were no survivors after a small plane crashed in a field in southeast Sedgwick County in October 2013 near 95th Street South and Webb Road. (Oct. 18, 2013) Mike Hutmacher File photo A plane ...

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United Airlines is looking into a tense interaction between a flight attendant and a musician who was reportedly told she couldn’t bring her instrument on board. The musician said she was told she ...

An official from the National Transportation Safety Board explains why the plane crashed that night, killing all three passengers on board Liz McNeil is an Editor at Large at PEOPLE, where she's ...