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Addressing the Risks

nderstanding risk and responding appropriately is a challenge everyone in aviation must meet. For a private flight in a familiar aircraft the risk assessment and response process can be relatively straight forward, particularly for an experienced pilot. But nevertheless, spending quality time identifying, assessing and managing risks before and during each and every flight is essential to a safe outcome. We all need to ensure we have a safety system to

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