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Here’s how a corporate jet pilot turned his simulator hobby into career success.

A few weeks ago, I was returning to base after completing required spin training for a CFI candidate. As we were approaching Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in San Diego, we checked in with the weather and our runway request. It was a typical busy afternoon at the airport, with a lot of training and weekend flying operations. […]

November 3, 2022, Mesa, Ariz. Eclipse Aerospace EA500 At about 1915 Mountain time, the airplane was substantially damaged when it departed the runway while landing. The pilot and co-pilot were not injured. Visual conditions prevailed for the post-maintenance positioning flight, which operated on an IFR flight plan. Both pilots later reported they touched down in […]

Roper 35, traffic in your twelve o’clock, three miles, type and altitude unknown.” This ATC call got our immediate attention. We were blitzing along in a U.S. Air Force T-38 at 300 knots and about 3000 feet msl, southbound over the Sacramento Valley. The controller might just as well have said, “I hope you’re looking […]

Ever seen those videos of a retail store opening on Black Friday? The doors crack open. A tumbling mass of humanity spews in. Fights break out. People get trampled. Just good holiday fun… There are some days as an air traffic controller where it seems every single IFR airplane is filed the same route at […]

Overcoming adversity is part of the LeTourneau University curriculum.

Sometimes being No. 2 is like being No. 2.

The Tallahassee location is the academy’s third operation in the state.

Notices to Air Missions, or NOTAMs, are issued to notify pilots of potential hazards at local airports.

Designed with jets in mind, the vast KMSV has long been underutilized.