Pilot Proficiency

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.

There’s a unique way for a pilot to approach this mountain getaway in California.

Let’s take a fresh look at storms to be ready as winter winds down and we anticipate an active storm season ahead..

Fatal Piper accident in Kentucky provides a sobering message about CFIs and the training of future pilots.