IMC

It’s available anytime, anywhere for pilots, so don’t waste the opportunity.

Rather than reverse course, a former Marine continued to turn until he was heading into the dark unknown of bad weather in 2020.

It’s always best to not get caught out at night or IFR without the proper preparation.

A chance encounter with a flight simulator convinces the author that he needs to spend more time with it.

The U.S. Army has expanded the ICARUS Devices Airworthiness Release fleetwide to include every UH-60L and UH/HH-60M Blackhawk Helicopter, the company said.

There’s no rule that says you must fly in the clouds, but, if you need to, an instrument rating will allow you to do so legally and safely.

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

Three men chartered a Beechcraft Bonanza for a late-night flight between Mason City (KMCW), Iowa, and Fargo (KFAR), North Dakota, about 200 nautical miles. The 21-year-old charter pilot’s initial review of the forecast that chilly February evening called for VFR weather with bases along the route at 5,000 feet and visibility of 10 miles. The only […]

Inadvertent VFR flight into IMC weather and the resulting fatal accidents are not simply a problem for aircraft pilots, but also for those flying helicopters. In a news release, the US Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) said, “Between 2000 to 2019 in the US, there were 130 fatal accidents directly linked to the issue of spatial […]

Continued VFR into IMC is the scourge of general ­aviation. Year after year, it is a leading cause of fatal accidents—almost four times deadlier than encounters with thunderstorms and icing combined. If anything, these numbers underestimate the problem, since many “­successful” VFR-into-IMC flights never show up in the National Transportation Safety Board statistics, but instead […]