The Learning Never Stops!

Aviation is complicated business, and it can be deadly if not undertaken with the right mindset. Our goal here at Code 7700 is to prepare you to avoid the day you will need to Squawk 7700, but if that day ever comes, to prepare you to deal with it competently.

Our Latest Update

Most pilots are never really taught how to land an airplane. They get themselves over the runway, somehow, pull back the power and yoke, and somehow judge when their wheels are just over pavement. Magic. Let's bring some science to this "art." I believe this will make your landings not only safer, but more pleasing to the paying customers in back. I think the individual techniques are simple but hard to explain. I like to attack this every few years because it really is fundamental. Landing Techniques

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Our Previous Update:

Imagine yourself at the peak of your profession, flying the highest tech aircraft of your career and on a trip with three passengers who have complete faith in your abilities. You are on top of the world, until you make a series of mistakes and one of your passengers dies as a result. This is the story of a Challenger 300 crew on March 3, 2023. If only they had selected the correct checklist. If only. Case Study: "Pick a checklist, any checklist"

An Index of Previous Updates

If you remember seeing something on "Homeplate" in the last two years, you will find it here, in a list of recent lead stories. Lead Stories . . .

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My latest books (hard cover, paperback, Kindle audiobook, and eBook):

Aviate: A Professional Aviator's Notebook

A collection of articles about the primary task of all pilots: Aviate.

My latest books (hard cover, paperback, Kindle audiobook, and eBook):

Equity Airlines

An airline decides hiring by diversity is more important than qualifications and experience. Fact or fiction?

Fly by Wired

A business jet more computer than airplane, impossible to hack, gets hacked.

Also available in audiobook (Kindle), paperback and eBook:

The Brothers Bellum

Three brothers and the last air campaign of the Vietnam War.

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