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Learn about the significance of this important measurement.

What control actually turns your airplane? Aileron? Rudder? The answer may surprise you. Your airplane needs a certain minimum amount of energy, call it airspeed, to lift off the ground and fly.  If your airplane has too much energy, it tends to break.  The area between the minimum amount of energy to fly and the […]

While the idea of living near your aircraft started in the U.S., it has taken hold in other countries as well.

After 11 years, Rainbow Helicopters has carved out a niche in tourist flights.

In the deal, PPN offers a $100 discount and a copy of Becoming A CFI to all new and current NAFI members

Becoming a pilot is a dream job for lots of individuals, but having an inaccurate understanding of the job’s prerequisites can often prevent people from ever pursuing it seriously. Vision requirements for pilots are one of the many things that the general public tends to be unclear on when it comes to the world of […]

Did you know a helicopter first flew across the Atlantic ocean in 1952? That’s an insane distance. While it’s possible to fly such distances in a helicopter, that journey required a total of nine in-flight refuels.  Helicopters nowadays fly an average distance of anywhere between 250 to 400 miles on a single tank. There are, […]

Editor’s note: The following article is not intended to be a ranking, but is only to serve as a list of possible options. As the saying goes, your mileage may vary. Throughout the country, there are hundreds of flight schools preparing pilots for rewarding careers. But only a small percentage of these are helicopter pilot […]

Put your private pilot certificate to work.

Editor’s note: The following article is not intended to be a ranking, but is only to serve as a list of possible options. As the saying goes, your mileage may vary. Do you dream of taking to the skies, piloting your own aircraft? Or maybe you want to take your training to the next level […]