Pilot Proficiency

Lack of experience rarely leads to the outcome of this Colorado mission.

Use all of your tools to spot nearby traffic.

Pilot’s decisions scrutinized in the loss of a Learjet 35 last week in California.

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 […]

When it comes to a fire or a potential fire onboard, take the conservative route.

Oregon incident can teach us all an important lesson in being honest with yourself.

Authorities from Sweden and the United Kingdom wanted more emphasis on crew mistakes.

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

(July 2011) It was a silence I wasn’t used to. Actually, it wasn’t all that quiet what with the whirr of hummingbirds’ wings, the braying of burros and the cooing of doves. But what I wasn’t hearing was the sound of airplanes. For the two months I spent in Oaxaca, Mexico, last winter, the skies […]

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