VFR

Private airports will remain on VFR charts, according to the FAA.

FLYING’s Pia Bergqvist explains the best strategy for avoiding a disastrous aviation event.

You can navigate without the GPS—the magenta line should come later.

While consensus is good, in an airplane inflight, where things are moving in real time, it’s an autocracy and there’s only one decision-maker that counts.

Instrument flying is a perishable skill. Here’s how to ensure you stay fresh.

Here’s how to legally depart Class D airspace when the weather isn’t cooperating.

Airplanes, dirt bikes, and snowboards help keep his life moving, just how he likes it.

Aviation is filled with acronyms. Two of the first pilots are required to learn are IFR and VFR. IFR stands for instrument flight rules. VFR is visual flight rules. So what’s the difference? Let’s break it down. What Is VFR? Visual flight rules (VFR), created by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), govern how to pilot […]

When hazy conditions combine with clouds of snow geese, a pilot learns the value of over communicating and ADS-B.

Many years ago, a friend landed and left his Cessna 172 in Louisville, Kentucky, because of weather, an hour and half away from our home-base airport in Madisonville. He was far too busy in his business to go back and fly it home anytime soon. As a newly minted 17-year-old private pilot, I jumped at […]