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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 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, 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, June 7, 2011 Mysteries Of Landing No, this isn’t the 11,398th story on how to land an airplane We've all read our share of stories on how to land an airplane, many of them written by pilots with "CFI" after their name.

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?"

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Takeoff Mistakes: The Critical Minute It all has to come together in the first 60 seconds, or the rest of the flight may not matter Tom Willett was regarded as a natural. A former USAF navigator, Willett had become one of Globe Aero’s most reliable international ferry pilots.

Thursday, March 17, 2011 ATP And MSU: A Partnership For The Future A new way to train by leveraging online technology In the face of a looming pilot shortage that could make past shortages look like mere “blips” on the radar, a creative approach to flight training has been announced.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011 Perfect Your Approaches Nonprecision suggests a casual approach to IFR procedures, but you’d best fly them with precision One of the most basic tenets of journalism is that we're all either the beneficiaries or the victims of our sources.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011 Immerse Yourself! If you’re ready for intensive training, AFIT will get you an instrument rating in 10 days No rating in aviation carries more mystique and prestige than the instrument rating. Sure, the ATP is a pinnacle of sorts, but for most pilots, the instrument rating is the big jump that separates professional pilots from their more casual brethren.

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