Flight Training

Our flight-training articles can help you become a better pilot. From getting a license in two weeks to advance flying techniques, our pilot training for general aviators cover all the information you need.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012 Airline Transport Professionals Preparing pilots for professional airline careers since 1984 As it prepares to celebrate its 28th anniversary, ATP has grown into one of the largest and most highly respected professional flight-training academies in the world.

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, 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, 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, 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.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 Pilot Training: Finish What You Started What can be done to help student pilots complete their training? More people give up on their flight training than complete it.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011 10 Tips For Stepping Up If you’re considering the leap from piston to turbine, here’s what you need to know Most aviators have, at some point in their lives, looked at the cloud-like contrails behind high-flying jets, and ultimately yearned to one day be flying in the flight levels.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011 Muscle Memory When we’re our own worst enemy One of the basic clichés in life is that learning anything is quite often a matter of doing it over and over until you get it right.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011 Challenge Yourself! Comfort zones are slow death and are meant to be challenged One of the never-ending conversations in aviation starts with, "How does a person become a better pilot?"

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