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Pilot Proficiency

Who Is Teaching? Low Time and Social Media Make for a Bad Combo

Who Is Teaching? Low Time and Social Media Make for a Bad Combo

Fatal Piper accident in Kentucky provides a sobering message about CFIs and the training of future pilots.

Practice Crosswind Landings Whenever You Can

Practice Crosswind Landings Whenever You Can

When You Go Back to Flight School, Don't Lose What You've Learned
The Long Line of Instructors

The Long Line of Instructors

11 Mistakes that Student Pilots Make

11 Mistakes that Student Pilots Make

What Does It Take to Transition from a Jet to a Piston Airplane?

What Does It Take to Transition from a Jet to a Piston Airplane?

There has been much chronicled about transitioning from piston airplanes to jets, but not much about the reverse.

How to Make Sure Your Cross-Country Hours Count

How to Make Sure Your Cross-Country Hours Count

Is a Medical Certificate Required for a Private Pilot Check Ride?
What Should a Pilot Do if a Single Engine Quits in Cruise?
Can the Owner of a Certified Airplane Do Their Own Maintenance?
Chart Wise: New Orleans VOR DME 36L (KNEW)

Chart Wise: New Orleans VOR DME 36L (KNEW)

A good GPS navigation system would help a lot on this Louisiana approach.

Chart Wise: Truckee-Tahoe RNAV (GPS)-A

Chart Wise: Truckee-Tahoe RNAV (GPS)-A

Chart Wise: Mackinac Island VOR/DME-A

Chart Wise: Mackinac Island VOR/DME-A

Chart Wise: Finger Lakes RNAV Rwy 1

Chart Wise: Finger Lakes RNAV Rwy 1

Chart Wise: Ogden, Utah VOR-A

Chart Wise: Ogden, Utah VOR-A

Beloved Flight Instructor’s Lessons Continue to Replay in Airline Captain’s Head

Beloved Flight Instructor’s Lessons Continue to Replay in Airline Captain’s Head

CFI Mario Feola taught a pilot how to push himself to excellence, even if that push felt like a kick...

Ice on the Wings Brings About a Near-Miss Episode

Ice on the Wings Brings About a Near-Miss Episode

Treat High-Altitude Turbulence with Knowledge and Respect
Weight, Weight, Don't Tell Me

Weight, Weight, Don't Tell Me

Checklists Only Function When They're Open

Checklists Only Function When They're Open

Fatal Cirrus Accident Shows That Some Knowledge Doesn’t Translate

Fatal Cirrus Accident Shows That Some Knowledge Doesn’t Translate

Helicopter pilot’s fixed-wing inexperience proved costly in a desert mountainside crash that killed four.

Only Assumptions Can Be Made About What Took Down a Curtiss C-46 in Alaska
A Night Flight Leads a Pilot to a Tragic End

A Night Flight Leads a Pilot to a Tragic End

Something Happened: Wind Shear Takes Down a Grumman Trainer

Something Happened: Wind Shear Takes Down a Grumman Trainer

Dissecting a Tragedy in the Third Dimension

Dissecting a Tragedy in the Third Dimension

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