Pilot Proficiency

The term ‘margin of error’ isn’t used in the aviation industry, especially as it relates to weather.

Airplanes, like people, have their quirks, and these quirks can bite you.

Apps provide widgets, NavTrack, and quick access to local weather forecasts.

This Arizona airport’s higher altitude means there are some things a pilot should be aware of when using an instrument approach to arrive.

In 1966, the FAA released a report that found that physicians had a fatality rate four times greater than other pilots.

There are always tradeoffs between ILS and RNAV approaches.

Deadly deception reveals itself in seemingly unrelated ways and can sneak up before you know what happened.

Pilots should never allow themselves to be fooled by the snow.

Pilot recalls a lesson learned about tanks from a dead stick landing.

Pilot might reasonably have considered a thorough preflight inspection unnecessary after such a brief stop.