Sport-Pilot Training

Our pilot training articles are designed to help you improve your flying proficiency. Bone up on beneficial skills as well as the biggest mistakes to avoid as a pilot. Fly right with articles on topics such as dealing with ice and the most dangerous things you can do as a pilot.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Do Something Magical: Learn To Fly Innovation continues to change flight training, but it’s still about the fun I'm still learning to fly. Even three decades after earning my private pilot certificate at 17, I'm still a student pilot, and I'm okay with it.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011 Landing Without Flight Controls Under some conditions, it’s possible to land an airplane without using normal aerodynamic controls The airplane had been climbing through 8,000 feet out of Baghdad for Bahrain when it was hit in the left wing by a shoulder-launched, surface-to-air missile, fired by a Fedayeen terrorist.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011 The Dangers Of Noise Fatigue Noise fatigue may be an often-overlooked cause of aircraft accidents in general aviation I was tired. No, beyond tired. I was fairly well-whipped. There are no legal limits imposed on flight hours associated with ferry flying, and stupidly.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Angle Of The Wing Angle-of-attack indicators, coming to a glass panel near you I was introduced to an angle-of-attack indicator back in the early '80s. I was ferrying a V35B Bonanza from Atlanta, Georgia to Palo Alto, Calif., where it was to be fitted with one of Victor Aviation's balanced, blueprinted, Black Edition engines.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Winter Flying Tips Twenty Things You Can Do To Stay Safe and Have Fun Winter is as inevitable as aging, and for pilots who live in or fly to the northern latitudes, every winter will present significant challenges.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Risk Management Do we know what we don’t know? Risk management is a solid concept, and an often-used term in aviation, medicine, firefighting, insurance and business.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011 When Airplanes Collide: Avoiding The Unexpected With midair collisions showing no sign of decreasing, “See and Avoid” is more important than ever It’s ironic that most general aviation pilots consider a possible engine failure as their greatest fear.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 IFR Communications: Serious Business What you say and what you hear on the radio are more than mere words I listened carefully to the clearance on the first go-around, shook my head in exasperation, and wondered if the controller had been a trumpet player in a previous life.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011 Save On Avgas American avgas is becoming almost as expensive as European petrol. Here’s how to use less of it. It barely matters what you fly these days— avgas is starting to comprise a greater percentage of an airplane's total operating cost.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011 Making Sense Of The Back-Course Approach They’re the words every instrument pilot dreads: “Cleared for the back-course approach” Yes, I know. There aren't many of those procedures in use, and even when they're available, controllers are more likely to issue a circle-to-land clearance on the standard localizer/ILS.

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