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Pilot Proficiency

Make Flight Reviews for CFIs Worthwhile

Make Flight Reviews for CFIs Worthwhile

When you are a busy instructor, flying for yourself can be particularly enjoyable.

Who Is Teaching? Low Time and Social Media Make for a Bad Combo
Practice Crosswind Landings Whenever You Can

Practice Crosswind Landings Whenever You Can

When You Go Back to Flight School, Don't Lose What You've Learned
The Long Line of Instructors

The Long Line of Instructors

Should I File an Initial Approach Fix?

Should I File an Initial Approach Fix?

After checking the weather, select an approach and file to an initial approach fix for it.

How Do You Check NOTAMs?

How Do You Check NOTAMs?

What Does It Take to Transition from a Jet to a Piston Airplane?
How to Make Sure Your Cross-Country Hours Count

How to Make Sure Your Cross-Country Hours Count

Is a Medical Certificate Required for a Private Pilot Check Ride?
Chart Wise: New Orleans VOR DME 36L (KNEW)

Chart Wise: New Orleans VOR DME 36L (KNEW)

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

Chart Wise: Truckee-Tahoe RNAV (GPS)-A

Chart Wise: Truckee-Tahoe RNAV (GPS)-A

Chart Wise: Mackinac Island VOR/DME-A

Chart Wise: Mackinac Island VOR/DME-A

Chart Wise: Finger Lakes RNAV Rwy 1

Chart Wise: Finger Lakes RNAV Rwy 1

Chart Wise: Ogden, Utah VOR-A

Chart Wise: Ogden, Utah VOR-A

Lesson Is Learned the Hard Way When Trusting Unfamiliar A&P

Lesson Is Learned the Hard Way When Trusting Unfamiliar A&P

There are people in aviation you can trust —and those you cannot.

Beloved Flight Instructor’s Lessons Continue to Replay in Airline Captain’s Head
Ice on the Wings Brings About a Near-Miss Episode

Ice on the Wings Brings About a Near-Miss Episode

Treat High-Altitude Turbulence with Knowledge and Respect
Weight, Weight, Don't Tell Me

Weight, Weight, Don't Tell Me

Fatal Cirrus Accident Shows That Some Knowledge Doesn’t Translate

Fatal Cirrus Accident Shows That Some Knowledge Doesn’t Translate

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

Only Assumptions Can Be Made About What Took Down a Curtiss C-46 in Alaska
A Night Flight Leads a Pilot to a Tragic End

A Night Flight Leads a Pilot to a Tragic End

Something Happened: Wind Shear Takes Down a Grumman Trainer

Something Happened: Wind Shear Takes Down a Grumman Trainer

Dissecting a Tragedy in the Third Dimension

Dissecting a Tragedy in the Third Dimension

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