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The March/April 2024 issue of FAA Safety Briefing magazine focuses on aviation weather and its critical effect on safe GA flying.
Articles review some of the many resources and tools pilots use to gather weather information as well as explore some of the trends revealed from weather-related accident data. We also sit down with the new FAA Administrator, Michael Whitaker, to discuss his take on general aviation safety.
Feature Articles
Building Confidence with the Conditions - How to Unleash Your Inner Weather Briefer
Pushing Your Luck - How Gambling on Weather Can Be Deadly
Expanding the Envelope with Aviation Weather - A Balloon Pilot’s Perspective on Microscale Meteorology
A Fresh Forecast - Aviation Weather Under the Microscope
Aviate, Navigate, Communicate - An Interview with FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker
Departments
Forecasting Safe Skies - Jumpseat: an executive policy perspective
Reporting Disability Compensation - Aeromedical Advisory: a checkup on all things aeromedical
What is a Briefing? - Checklist: FAA resources and safety reminders
Fair Weather Flyers - Drone Debrief: drone safety roundup
Engine Oil 101 - Nuts, Bolts, and Electrons: GA maintenance issues
Don’t Strike Out - Vertically Speaking: safety issues for rotorcraft pilots
A Macro Lens on Weather - On Final: an editor’s perspective
Bradford Sipperley, FAA General Aviation Group - Faces: FAA employee profile
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