instructor

A small gaffe in a video in his last edition motivates the author to clarify his stance on ‘pro or no?’

One of the best parts of being a flight instructor is that it gives you the opportunity to have a positive impact on someone’s life. Just as we tend to remember our favorite teachers from school, most pilots can remember their favorite flight instructors. One such example is Gerald (Jerry) Griggs, from Wichita, Kansas, who […]

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.

If the teacher who had the biggest impact on your life was your flight instructor, we want to hear from you.

How can you prepare for the mindset of the pilot in the other seat?

An amendment to reverse the FAA’s reinterpretation of flight instruction as an activity for compensation or hire is on its way to the Senate after being passed by the House late last week. The amendment, put forth by Reps, Kai Kahele, D-Hawaii, and Sam Graves, R-Mo., was added to the National Defense Authorization Act. It […]

“Tom, it’s not bad,” reassures Tom House, the mustached throwing coach of Tom Brady, during Brady’s “Tom vs. Time” streaming series. It’s July 1, 2017, during the NFL preseason, and Brady, armored in his shoulder pads and mixed-matched sportswear, is in Los Angeles working with Coach House to improve his throw ahead of his 18th […]