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Beachball bingo.

When elevator control is lost, there are ways to get the plane on the ground safely using power and trim.

Given the aviation accident statistics, its wise to stay sharp between flights, and one way to do that is to practice on a simulator. While that used to be cost prohibitive, todays simulators not only work well on your home computer, they offer homebuilt designs to fly; by Chuck Bodeen.

Time to talk about the “parts” portion of my column tagline. I’ve been a...