Pilot Proficiency

Go-arounds aren’t terribly common under Part 121 commercial operations.

CFIs should glean lessons from the annual Nall Report to help learners understand where risk originates.

Winter and airframe icing are like peanut butter and jelly; it’s hard to imagine one without the other.

Temperature inversions are quite common in the lower troposphere and are created by several different atmospheric processes.

The immersive clinic for instrument rated pilots will take place at EAA’s Pilot Proficiency Center in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Teaching a lesson under the guidance of an experienced CFI is how most instructor candidates learn how to teach.

From Our Partners at Wingman Med Once upon a time, the world used paper. Applying for a FAA medical certificate, meant filling out FAA form 8500-8 and presenting it to your AME at your flight physical. While the use of that paper form has fallen by the wayside,14 CFR part 68.7 still mandates its use. […]

Here’s how to find the FAA’s list of available DPEs qualified to do the check ride in your area.

Just 40 years ago, a pilot’s only real access to live radar data was in the cockpit of a sophisticated multi-engine aircraft. But thanks to rapid advances in technology and computer networks, anybody carrying a smartphone has access to nearly all of the data from the federal government’s $3 billion radar network. Add ADS-B In […]

Here’s how the aviation world navigates local time adjustments during daylight saving time.