BIG AVIATION REPORT

Fri, Sep 4, 2026, 06:44:04 MT

FLYING · GA

THE NIGHT THE MOON DISAPPEARS FOR A PILOT...

I am a 2,000-hour private pilot with an instrument rating and a tailwheel endorsement, but the night I nearly flew into a mountain, none of that experience mattered as much as a single blue button on my panel.

SCOTT: This is the kind of thing that shows up at the FBO desk two weeks later. Screenshot it, then go look at your own field’s version of the same problem.

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