Articles by Doug Daniel

What to Do When Your Airplane Becomes a Balloon
With an element of humor, this article walks the pilot through the step-by-step procedures a pilot should follow during a botched landing. It describes how to keep from bouncing or 'ballooning' a landing then what to do if the pilot cannot avoid a bounce or a balloon.
Published 21Apr2009, viewed 413 times

How to Practice 10 Times as Much Each Pass Down The Runway
Student pilots learn faster and develop better landing techniques by doing slow flight over the runway than when taught in the traditional 'watch me and do what I do' method. This article introduces runway alignment techniques and slow flight over the runway techniques that have proven very effective.
Published 19Mar2009, viewed 231 times

Revealed: Why Airplanes Have Rudders
Rudders, the most neglected of airplane controls, are necessary and life-saving when used properly. The author describes in a very personal way, how to know if the rudders are being used propoerly and exercises to improve rudder technique.
Published 16Mar2009, viewed 318 times

NDB Approaches Made Easy
This article talks the pilot through an imaginary NDB approach with amazing clarity. NDB instrument approaches are the oldest and most difficult to fly. But sometime they are the only option available. In addition to helping the instrument pilot pass a check ride, skill in NDB approaches can save a life. The same fundamental principles used in NDB approaches help with other non-precision and precision approaches alike.
Published 06Mar2009, viewed 5313 times

Airplanes Don't Stall, Pilots Stall Them: The Myth of Stall Speed
Often misunderstood, airplane stalls are simple and straightforward. They can easily be explained without terms like 'critical angle of attack' or 'viscous flow.' Yet stall-spin accidents remain one of the major causes of fatal accidents in aviation. Some of the myths about stalls and their causes need to be exposed before pilots can reach the level of understanding needed to safely avoid stall situations.
Published 04Mar2009, viewed 287 times

The Most Fundamental of all Flying Skills
There is no flying skill more fundamental. If this skill is mastered, flying becomes straightforward. Until this skill is mastered, flying is not only overwhelming and daunting, is it always imprecise, inconsistent and down right sloppy. The skill is being situationally aware, taking charge and making the aircraft do exactly what the pilot wants.
Published 04Feb2009, viewed 295 times

The Two Fundamental Concepts that Greatly Simplify NDB Approaches
This flight training article simply and clearly explains one of the most difficult aircraft instrument approaches by reducing it to fundamental principles. The techniques presented here apply to VOR, ILS, and GPS approaches as well.
Published 28Jan2009, viewed 391 times

Flight Training: Three Lessons from Steep Turns
The simple maneuver of flying an airplane in a steep turn provides great value to the student pilot in flight training. The pilot learns that airplanes are unstable in roll, the value of an instrument scan before instrument training, and how to fly the airplane by attitude control. The article is clear and straightforward.
Published 24Jan2009, viewed 429 times

The Five Essential Techniques That You Must Master to Fly Instruments up to Standards
This article simply and clearly presents five essential techniques needed to dramatically reduce pilot workload and increase instrument flying proficiency. Using these techniques, flying to standards, even ATP standards, is will in the reach of the average private pilot.
Published 01Jan2009, viewed 411 times

How to Walk Away from all Your Crosswind Landings
Pilots are most likely to experience a wingtip strike if they lose directional control during takeoff or landing. This article describes in very understandable terms a simple and reliable way to maintain directional control and avoid accidents during landings. The technique works for big airplanes and small.
Published 06Jan2009, viewed 306 times

Two Ways to Land an Airplane
Daniel shows why one of the most popular ways of making crosswind landing can lead to serious airplane damage then describes in easy to visualize and understand terms the simplest and safest way to land under any circumstances including the most severe crosswind that the airplane can handle.
Published 17Dec2008, viewed 333 times

How to Practice Landings without Airplane or Simulator
Practical advice for mastering landings in those pre-solo hours. Applying the same techniques used by sports psychologists in activities that require a high degree of hand-eye coordination and advanced motor skills, like those found in gymnastics and baseball, Doug Daniel tells you how to improve your landing skills by visualization.
Published 25Nov2008, viewed 413 times

Three Steps to Perfect Landings
The article offers practical advice for the student pilot and the flight instructor who wants to teach him or her to land safely, smoothly and in unquestioned control. A pilot needs only three skills to land an airplane. The author describes these skills and exercises that quickly lead to proficiency.
Published 30Oct2008, viewed 271 times

Flying through Thunderstorms
Practical advice for the pilot who accidentally gets caught in an embedded thunderstorm. While this should never happen it does. Keeping your head is essential to survival and having a course of action to follow is essential to keeping your head. That course of action is spelled out here. Written is simple, conversational style.
Published 15Oct2008, viewed 1351 times

How to Perfect Your Airplane Landings with Slow Dutch Rolls
The Slow Dutch Roll is a flight training exercise that has significantly shortened the training time needed to learn airplane landings and measurably improved the landing skills of the pilots who practice them. The article tells the reader how to perform Slow Dutch Rolls and how they related to precisely controlled landings and takeoffs.
Published 11Oct2008, viewed 309 times

Is The Crosswind Too Strong?
Over 50% of all weather related aviation accidents are caused by crosswinds and gusts. The secrets to safe crosswind landings are also the secrets to knowing when not to try a crosswind landing. Read this article to gain a clear understanding of both how to land in a crosswind and when not to try.
Published 23Sep2008, viewed 457 times

Three Most Dangerous Landing Mistakes Pilots Make and How to Prevent Them
Pilots of all levels: prepare to step up to a higher level of landing skills. Our staff has identified the three most common and most dangerous landing mistakes and presents two revolutionary techniques for avoiding tragedy. These are techniques that can be practiced in a flight simulator or an airplane.
Published 19Sep2008, viewed 579 times

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