Pilot Proficiency

Here’s how to build in the habit of getting a thorough weather briefing before every flight.

A good GPS navigation system would help a lot on this Louisiana approach.

Helicopter pilot’s fixed-wing inexperience proved costly in a desert mountainside crash that killed four.

There has been much chronicled about transitioning from piston airplanes to jets, but not much about the reverse.

Student certificates issued in 2023 jumped 24 percent compared to the year before, according to agency data.

Measure twice, and it’s best if the distance is a bit past 50 nm.

Making a decision to launch on any given day can be truly agonizing for airplane pilots depending on the weather and other circumstances.

CFI Mario Feola taught a pilot how to push himself to excellence, even if that push felt like a kick in the butt.

Shortly after the airplane named ‘Maid of Money’ took off in December 2000, snow began to fall, and winds picked up to 50 knots.

Here are the details on the use of BasicMed and its criteria, according to the FAA.