Pilot Proficiency

The situational awareness you are developing as a pilot begins before engine start.

For pilots, uttering the phrase “MAYDAY” means they’re in trouble—but have you ever wondered why?

An instructor is left with unsettling doubts about a student’s motives.

There’s an art to moving airplanes on the ground.

The more complex the airplane, the more we train.

Microsoft Flight Simulator offers the experience of navigating live weather while flying to far-flung destinations.

Cal Poly Humboldt takes first steps toward establishing an aviation program.

Go-arounds aren’t terribly common under Part 121 commercial operations.

Here are nine options beyond the CFI route that will build flight hours along the way to airlines.

Temperature inversions are quite common in the lower troposphere and are created by several different atmospheric processes.