Pilot Proficiency

Flight experiences need to be documented but not necessarily in the pilot logbook.

Summer is the ideal time to take the plane out and visit fly-ins, see some old friends, and seek out the hundred-dollar hamburger. It’s easy to fall into the mindset that wintertime hazards are gone, the turbulent weather of spring is over, and winds are light and variable. Mostly true, but there are still problems […]

A new report analyzing night flight accidents identifies the top four causal factors.

Rain showers and thunderstorms are one and the same from a pilot’s perspective.

Airplanes use two types of control-surface balance: aerodynamic and mass.

From Our Partners at Wingman Med The Road Map to Quick Certification We have previously discussed how to fill out your MedXPress to reduce the number of questions your AME may want to ask. No matter how well you do that, there are many times when you will still need a note from your doctor about […]

A preview of what the minimum operational VOR network will look like.

FARs reference to ‘only when empty’ is just a tale handed down through the decades.

When renting an aircraft, there are certain things you should be looking for in maintenance records.

Convection is something you probably deal with every day as a pilot, whether you’re aware of it or not. When you hear the word “convection” you might be thinking of a cumulus cloud or maybe the lively bubbling in a pot of boiling pasta. But the exact definition of convection is the spontaneous release of […]