Instructors

The first NAFI Summit brought together an expert’s round of experts in flight training to the table.

The GA Type Rating for Airline Pilots course seeks to help flight instructors reintroduce airline pilots to general aviation flying.

Soon, helicopters and powered-lift aircraft may be certificated as light sport aircraft, and pilots, instructors, and repairmen may gain new privileges.

The graphically rich handbook, Barry Schiff’s ‘An Illustrated Guide to Flying,’ serves as a primer for aspiring pilots and a reference for instructors.

A CFI recalls the time she had to provide an emergency flight review for the most famous of pilots in order to save Christmas.

From the Wright Flyer to the DC-3—to the first flights in new airplanes today, how we learn makes a difference.

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.

A FLYING staff writer and CFI offers tips to fellow instructors on how to adjust their teaching style to someone with greater life experience.

Teaching people to fly should incorporate risk management, yet currently the test standards for CFIs do not contain a mechanism for evaluating the applicant’s judgement toward risk. This will change with the release of the airman certification standards for CFIs, a document currently in development. The date for the release has not been set; however, […]