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The Checkride Chronicles A year in the life of a designated pilot examiner Who’s the judge beside you in the cockpit, deciding whether you’re worthy of receiving aviation’s highest honor (a license to learn)? Hopefully, it’s someone who’ll make your entry into the world of aviation less than turbulent.

Sporty’s Foundation: The Future Of Aviation One child at a time, Hal Shevers and his foundation are keeping aviation alive If we don’t get more young people interested in every aspect of general aviation, it will simply disappear as we know it,” Hal Shevers, the founder and chairman of Sporty’s Pilot Shop, tells me as he punctuates his sentence with a long pause and his piercing eyes.

Ticket To Ride III Part III: Don’t get cocky, kid—You’ve soloed. Time to prep for The Ride! Right after soloing in 860LS, the lovely Flight Design CTLS, I feel light as a cloud.

Ticket To Ride II Part II: Practice, practice, practice, home study, and what? Time to solo already? Gulp. In our April 2009 issue, Jim Lawrence launched the first in his series of articles about LSA training in a Flight Design CTLS. This month, he takes us through solo.

From Cirrus To Citation JetAviva puts its clients into the left seat of light jets Through my Lightspeed Zulu headset, I hear a confident voice: “Denver Center, Citation One Three Zulu Mike, vacating flight level 390 for 240, smooth ride.”

Looking For 200 Knots Forty years ago, the goal was 200 mph. Today, it’s 200 knots. Fast feels good. For those of us obsessed with clocking along at the velocity of a Lamborghini, speed is the kinesthetic equivalent of beauty.

The Right Way To The Left Seat How to realize your dream of becoming a professional pilot Flying is in the blood of certain individuals. Some of us plan a career in the cockpit from an early age, and we pursue it to the exclusion of everything else. Others keep their aviation goals quietly smoldering, always on a back burner ready to emerge at the right time. For various reasons, they may alight in a different direction, attain career goals outside of aviation and pursue vocational paths that seem far detached from flying. But many of them come back.

Weather In The Cockpit XM Weather provides real-time information in the cockpit for pilots who are serious about their weather decisions Ask most pilots what subject in aviation they wish they knew more about, and a majority will answer, “weather.” Indeed, while forecasters do occasionally still get it wrong, and even the best meteorologists acknowledge that we still have much to learn, the science of weather prognostication improves each year.

TransPac Aviation Academy Drawing from its Pan Am training heritage, TransPac positions itself for the future Tradition goes a long way in aviation. A rich history aloft is respected and admired, whether it applies to pilots, aircraft or—in the world of ab initio training—flight academies. With its legacy steeped in the fabled lore of one of the greatest airlines in history, Pan Am International Flight Academy is long on tradition and legacy.

Ticket To Ride Earning a sport pilot license: Part I Enough trash already. This endless washboard-road turbulence promises to reintroduce me to the hot dog and greasy fries I just ate. Note to self: Next time, have an avocado salad.

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