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This was absolutely unsafe and illegal. Regardless of whether they were conducting a flight for friends or not, they were operating an aircraft that requires two pilots at all time…

This has existed for quite a while. The SR-71 (introduced in 1966) had an astro-inertial navigation system that tracked stars to reduce error in a standard INS. Using spectrum filt…

Here's it as a required maneuver in 1995 :) https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/...

#1 is not accurate but for different reasons. A forward slip is absolutely required for a PPL checkride and has been for decades (if you'd like a source, see page 45 of the definit…