Accident Free: Are You Lucky or Truly Safe?

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The May 31 crash of a Guflstream GIV at Hanscom Field in Bedford, Massachusetts, that killed all on board refocuses attention on the potential risks of yielding to external pressures, particularly those coming from passengers. On the day of the crash, the aircraft arrived from Atlantic City and...
Fred George

Fred formerly was senior editor and chief pilot with Business & Commercial Aviation and Aviation Week's chief aircraft evaluation pilot. He has flown left seat in virtually every turbine-powered business jet produced in the past three decades.

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