Learn to Fly

New guidance builds on lessons learned from the 737 Max reapproval.

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 […]

Pre-pandemic, the commercial pilot shortage was top of mind for just about anyone in the aviation community. Then, COVID-19 ravaged the globe, airline travel took a massive hit, and in survival mode airlines began shedding pilots through furloughs and early retirement packages.  Fast-forward to today, and airline travel is back in a big way, even […]

Standing Rock Lakota Tribe member Elspeth Thomas is a certified commercial pilot and working on her flight instructor certification.

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

As the days get shorter and shorter, CFI Michael Wildes gives you ways to make flying at night easier—and safer.

The National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) has inducted legendary CFIs John King, Martha King, and Greg Brown, into its Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place at the National Business Aviation Association Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) last week in Las Vegas, Nevada. NAFI director of program development and administrator of the Hall […]

The National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) kicked off the next round of its Safecon events in region 8 on Tuesday. The competition is being held at Terre Haute International Airport (KHUF) in Terre Haute, Indiana. NIFA serves as a forum for competitive and non-competitive collegiate aviators. The goal is to help them expand their studies […]

ATP Flight School opened its new 25,875-square-foot airline pilot training center on Friday. The new facility is located at Arlington Municipal Airport (KGKY), 20 minutes from Dallas, Texas. It grows ATP’s network of flight training locations to 70. The Arlington location is now the largest flight training facility in Texas, and it will help support […]

Teaching someone to fly can be a life-altering experience on the same level as teaching someone to read, swim, or ride a bike. All these skills increase a person’s confidence and give them a sense of freedom. But as anyone who has been through the flight training process will tell you, learning to fly is […]