Flight Training

Usually, when a pilot sits down to flight plan a cross-country trip of 2,100 nm from one coast of the U.S. to the other, there is a Cirrus SR22 or Pilatus PC-12 involved. If that planned route takes you from Naples, Florida, to Riverside, California, over several days and through all sorts of weather, flying […]

Niki Gaskins didn’t think she had it in her to be a CFI. She took the plunge, and found her calling.

New hub provides valuable resources, and is free to active instructors.

That first flight can either create a new pilot, or end in a missed opportunity.

Minorities, women, and young people are of particular focus to many groups.

FLYING staff writer and CFI shares story of a student recruited by an airline right out of flight school.

In the current landscape, should learners still have to check this box?

You are not required by law to have student pilot insurance, also known as renter’s insurance, but you definitely should. Some aviation schools or flight training organizations will not enroll you, or lease or rent an aircraft to you as a student, if you do not have a renter’s insurance policy.  Even if the aircraft […]

Finding a partner during flight training can help improve your performance as a pilot, making good use of the way humans learn from each other using mirror neurons and other elements of learning.

Patty Wagstaff uses her expertise as both a backcountry and aerobatic pilot in latest course from longtime training company.