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Vol 5, No 1 January, 2008

** Headline - Bob's Top 10 List for 2008
** Airframe Icing . . . Very Serious Business!
** Ice is Not Nice!
** Can it be VFR and IFR at the same time?
** Landing - The Most Frequent Accident Scenario
** Flight Training . . . wouldn't it be nice if?
** Weather ahead - will ATC keep you clear of it??
** Guest Editorial
** Know Your Approach Lighting Systems!
** AOPA - ASF Accident Data - Beware of the "Spin!"
** Instrument Scan and Cross-Check in Glass Cockpit Aircraft
** What they don't teach primary flight students - but should!
** Descending by the Numbers
** Aero-News.Net Features OTA in Podcasts
** Join the New Age of General Aviation!

Vol 5, No. 2 February, 2008

** Headline - Airplanes vs. Pilots
** Flying right ! !
** Know Your Clearance Limit!
** New Online Weather Site
** See the Lights . . . How low can I go?
** "Atta-Boy" Award to Piper Malibu Pilot
** Required ATC Reports
** Non-Towered Airports - Beware!
** Jimmy Doolittle's Raiders - A step back in history
** Traffic Pattern Directions - Get them right (left)?
** Spins!  Can't you feel them coming???
** New York Adirondack/Vermont Mountain Tour
** Wind Shears - Natures little but deadly surprises!
** Breaking the Accident Chain Early!
** The Laymen's Solution to the Crowded Skies!!
** Steep Turns . . . with no hands!

Vol 5, No. 3 March, 2008

** Headline - "Passing Grade"
** Winter Thunderstorms . . . they happen!
** The Concorde Remembered
** The Rule Book and Personal Minimums . . . Hogwash!
** Swimming with the Whales and Sharks
** The Sad Saga Continues . . . and people die!
** Panoramic View of the Airbus 380 Cockpit
** Getting Ready to Land
** A Tribute to the P-51 Mustang and the WWII Pilot Who Flew It
** Partial Panel Skills - The Key to Survival
** Bob Miller Flight Training, Inc. off to a flying start!!
** Failed Engine in Flight - Airplane Title Transfers Immediately to the Insurance Company
** Holding Patterns . . . Vestiges of an Earlier Era!
** Homemade Runways Don't Always Work!
** Simulated Instrument Training - Beware!
** The Circling Dilemma !!
** British Airways Flight 38, B-777 Emergency Landing at Heathrow!

Vol 5, No. 4 April, 2008

** Headline - "The Unexpected"
** Aircraft Performance Charts - Beware!
** Secret to Great Landings . . . a stabilized approach!
** The art of seeing the improbable!
** First priority . . . Fly the airplane!
** You're over the runway . . . but can you get it down?
** News from BMFT, Inc.
** Mike Busch, the Savvy Aviator, speaks!
** Aging Pilots - Protect Your Insurability!!
** Airport vs. Highway????
** Cessna Pilots . . . Learn formation flying!
** Innovative Safety Meetings ! !
** Bob Miller to be inducted into the Niagara Frontier Aviation and Space Hall of Fame!!

Vol 5, No 5 May, 2008

* Headline: Integrated Flight Training
* The Artful Use of Flaps
* Simulated instrument training can kill!!
* Kicking the Tires ! !
* The Road to Perfect Landings . . . Every Time!
* The Deadly Over-bank . . .
* Oil . . . the life blood of our engines!
* What's happening at BMFT?
* Quotable:  Interview with Dick VanGrunsven

Vol 5, No 6 June, 2008

* Headline: Bring it On
* Anatomy of a Thunderstorm
* Learning the Glass
* Fly High for Smoother Rides
* Radar Flight Following - Insist on it!
* Old versus New
* Airspeed Control - The ultimate requirement for safe landings
* Thanks to the Aviation and Space - Niagara Frontier Hall of Fame!
* Crosswind landings . . . separating the men from the boys
* 50,000 Student Pilot Quit Every Year!
* Pitot-Static System - Do you know how it works?

Vol 5, No 7 July, 2008

* Headline: Fuel Price Woes
* Judgment Lapse or Tempting Fate????
* RV flying experience!
* Continued VFR flight into IFR Conditions - Suicide by Airplane!
* BRAVO - AOPA/ASF!!!!
* Death of the Airport Cafe!
* The Grand Experiment Continues!
* Zero Tolerance
* Those grand airlines of the past!!
* The Sad Saga of Busted Minimums Continues!
* Keep those patterns tight!

No OTA publication in August, 2008

Vol 5, No 8 September, 2008

* Headline: Making it Fun!
* Trim stall - BEWARE!
* Getting Comfortable with Stalls
* Those funny little tabs on the top of the wings????
* Know before you land!
* Explosive Growth at the Buffalo-Lancaster Regional Airport!
* The Matter of Expired Charts in Your Aircraft . . .
* North to Alaska!
* AirVenture 2008 in Oshkosh!!
* Night Operations - Know what to look at!
* Referrals to BMFT, Inc.
* The Most Preventable Accident !!

Vol 5, No 9 October, 2008

* Headline: The Icing Debate
* If you can't perform greaser landings . . . blame your mother!
* Understanding the Garmin G1000 Glass Cockpit - Your key to future aviation!
* Instrument Scan - Our key to staying alive in the clag!
* IFR - Machinegun Style!
* Virgin Galactic - The next Frontier
* Low Level Aerobatics  . . . a fool's folly!
* Overloaded  . . . what do you expect?
* Is Flight Service Getting Any Better???

Vol 5, No 10 November, 2008

*Headline: The Danger Zone
*Bad Things Happen to Good Pilots, Too!
* The Infamous Class E Bust
* When you turn the key . . . what happens?
* Instrument Rating in 9 Days . . . Good or Bad?
* Want to abuse your engine?  Start it cold!
* Beware of Frontal Movements!
* National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) . . . is there trouble in River City??
* Non-instrumented rated pilots play 'Cat 'n Mouse' with IMC conditions!
* John and Connie Bouck Travel Stories
* News from BMFT, Inc.

Vol 5, No 11 December, 2008

* Headline: "The Munson Factor"
* Dark is here . . . know the risks??
*OTA Reader Relates a "Near Death" Experience!!!
*Vertical Descent Planning!!
* Mastering the Airport Traffic Pattern!
* Resist that overwhelming temptation!!!
* No landings are ready before their time!
* It's Up to You to Get Away - "Off to Manhattan."
* Lifesaving Exercise - Practice it often!

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