Training

CFI Michael Wildes says one of the best tools to train pilots often goes greatly underutilized.

First Peoples’ flight training is based on the indigenous “way of knowing.”

Sydney Flight College took delivery of the new aircraft on Wednesday. 

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

Jessica Cox’s says the journey to her first solo flight felt less like a journey and more like a roller-coaster ride.

In a Cessna Mustang jet, the approach into East Hampton, New York (KHTO), is an RNAV (GPS) affair. LPV guidance is provided to the Garmin G1000 primary flight display (PFD). It’s daytime, and the PFD lighting is almost garish in its vibrancy. Blues and greens of various shades represent the sky, the ground and the […]

Michael Wildes says when pilots gain more experience, some let their guard down—sometimes to chilling effect.

In what may surprise most in aviation as a first-time event, designated pilot examiners (DPEs) gathered this week in Nashville, Tennessee, for a symposium focused on sharing information, training, updates on FAA policy, and more hosted by the Flight School Association of North America (FSANA). With more than 70 DPEs in attendance for the event, […]

FlightSafety International and GE Digital have teamed up to share flight operations quality assurance (FOQA) data from actual flights to inform instructional programs at the training provider. Under the agreement, GE Digital provides C-FOQA with insights derived from that data from corporate operators to FlightSafety. Then, FlightSafety will integrate those insights to enhance its training […]

The University of North Dakota plans to resume dual-only flight training Thursday following a tragic incident that killed an aviation student Monday night. The school paused flight training on Tuesday and Wednesday. Students were not being pressured to fly Thursday and are being encouraged to take their time returning to the airplanes, if needed. The […]