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What Is the Best Personal Aircraft?

If you’re interested in being a pilot, you might ask, what is the best personal aircraft? This is not an easy question, nor is it two-dimensional. The best personal aircraft varies widely. If you are an aspiring commercial pilot looking to build hours, a Cessna 150 or 152 may be an inexpensive way to accomplish […]

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Aircraft Analysis

Glass-Panel Failures

Today’s integrated avionics typically depend on electronic systems for their orientation information, part of the avionics’ attitude heading reference system (AHRS). The AHRS deploys some combination of rate gyros and accelerometers, each of which have their own strengths and weaknesses. Many need supplemental information, both as raw data and as a cross-check for accuracy. For […]

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Opinion

Instrument Rating: Why Are You Waiting?

Does it make sense to go for your instrument rating after you complete your private pilot certificate? Honestly, I am not sure how you would justify not doing it… I just completed my instrument rating about 10 months after finishing my private, by training under Part 61 (as opposed to going through a Part 141 […]

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