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What control actually turns your airplane? Aileron? Rudder? The answer may surprise you. Your airplane needs a certain minimum amount of energy, call it airspeed, to lift off the ground and fly.  If your airplane has too much energy, it tends to break.  The area between the minimum amount of energy to fly and the […]

With 3 different types of FAA medical certificates and an additional option for recreational pilots, it can be hard to know which certificate you require. Fortunately, the information is out there and you don’t have to stress when you’re on the path to becoming a pilot. There are 1st Class, 2nd Class, and 3rd Class […]

Becoming a pilot is a dream job for lots of individuals, but having an inaccurate understanding of the job’s prerequisites can often prevent people from ever pursuing it seriously. Vision requirements for pilots are one of the many things that the general public tends to be unclear on when it comes to the world of […]

Did you know a helicopter first flew across the Atlantic ocean in 1952? That’s an insane distance. While it’s possible to fly such distances in a helicopter, that journey required a total of nine in-flight refuels.  Helicopters nowadays fly an average distance of anywhere between 250 to 400 miles on a single tank. There are, […]

When most think of aviation, the first thing that usually comes to mind is a pilot. Well, behind the scenes, the person who is responsible for the critical safety measures to keep pilots flying is the aircraft mechanic. Inspections, testing, repairs, and management of the hangar are all important duties performed by the aircraft mechanic. […]

MSL is an acronym that stands for mean sea level. It is used by both aircraft pilots and drone pilots alike as one of many determinants of altitude.  However, it is not a measurement that describes the space above the ground and below the pilot. That data point is called AGL, which is short for […]

Editor’s note: The following article is not intended to be a ranking, but is only to serve as a list of possible options. As the saying goes, your mileage may vary. Throughout the country, there are hundreds of flight schools preparing pilots for rewarding careers. But only a small percentage of these are helicopter pilot […]

Put your private pilot certificate to work.

Editor’s note: The following article is not intended to be a ranking, but is only to serve as a list of possible options. As the saying goes, your mileage may vary. Do you dream of taking to the skies, piloting your own aircraft? Or maybe you want to take your training to the next level […]

Editor’s note: The following article is not intended to be a ranking, but is only to serve as a list of possible options. As the saying goes, your mileage may vary. Whether you’re a veteran pilot with decades of experience and you’re looking to move to your dream destination of beautiful Hawaii, or if you’re […]