CFI

One of my great joys as a flight instructor is teaching private pilot ground school, because that’s where flight training begins for many aviators. The candidates come in fresh, and it’s the instructor’s job to nurture their interest and to help them obtain foundational knowledge. It is serious business.  Sadly, many pilots in training see […]

Flight instructors need to get paid like any other professional.

We get a tour of the academy’s flight line to train pilots for FAA certification in the U.S.

The CFI with the one-name moniker has written many articles about the art and practice of flying and the responsibilities of flight instructors.

NAFI president Paul Preidecker called Service Award winner Ned Parks “a friend and colleague of the industry” and said, “when I think of role models, Ned is at the top of the list.”

A CFI offers ideas to help you make the choice.

The anniversary of the intentional crash serves as a reminder to one CFI to keep her guard up.

If you are not learning, if the CFI is not getting through to you, it is time to make a change.

New app streamlines the process to get credit for checkrides and flight reviews.

Headset, kneeboard—seat belt cutter? A flight instructor from Seattle, Washington, has added the latter to his must-haves when he flies, after he experienced an uncommanded loss of engine power and ended up putting the airplane into the water in West Seattle.