Pilot Proficiency

This Midwest bucket list destination in Michigan offers an approach to a modest runway.

Since most airports are designed with runways aligned into prevailing winds, many pilots don’t get much work with crosswind takeoffs and landings.

FAR 61.53 prohibits operations during a medical deficiency, but a student pilot could still do dual lessons.

The black hole departure can make takeoffs challenging and sometimes downright deadly but doesn’t receive the same amount of attention as the black hole approach.

During any flight, a pilot will encounter several different
flavors of visibility.

Remember that an airplane does not instantly recover airspeed that’s lost in a wind shear.

Stability and instability are responsible for much of the weather we encounter. But what exactly does all that mean?

It’s important to know the difference between the FAA’s standards and your own.

Mountain wave turbulence can be a great teacher that cuts both ways.

It’s a straightforward T-bar approach to this wine country airport in New York.