What A CFI Wants You To Know

Knowing how and when and why to do things in the airplane starts with it.

A practice check ride before you meet your examiner could help you pass.

Key questions to ask yourself to get the most out of your flying lessons.

There are skills from day-to-day activities that can help you in the cockpit.

Learning to fly an airplane is not like learning to drive a forklift or a stick shift.

Learning how to access weather reports and interpret them is a foundational lesson.

Despite some of my instructors doing their best to drill into me how important a thorough post-flight walkaround was to end a flight properly, it wasn’t until some self-inflicted embarrassing experiences that I learned my lesson.  If you are familiar with this type of pilot error, you’ll also know that it’s likely you won’t notice […]

With warmer months around the corner, it’s important to know that heat management isn’t just about comfort.

Reported strikes have increased greatly in recent years, so how can you prevent one?

Recent high-profile cases underline the importance of knowing the law before an incident happens.