Pilot Proficiency

Is control tower avoidance a flight school tradition or a legitimate rule?

There are ways for CFIs to help learners break the digital habit and master pilotage and dead reckoning.

Establishing one at your airport just takes some persistence.

While diverting for weather is sound aeronautical decision making, landing at an unapproved airport can impact your course requirements.

Pilots don’t need to wait for winter to build an IFR foundation.

What you need to know before you go.

It’s just a matter of understanding the rules and ATC requirements for transitioning through the controlled corridor during training.

Are old-school navigation aids such as this still worth mastering?

Both can result in an unscheduled off-airport landing.

Advisory is neither an admonishment nor a command.