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, March 8, 2011 Keeping It RealNow in the fixed-wing market, FLYIT simulators are impressively realistic and take flight training to another level I’m weaving my Bell Jet Ranger helicopter through the labyrinthine Hong Kong skyline. |
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Paths To The SkySo what’s it really like to go for your sport pilot ticket? In the seven years since FAA created the sport pilot/light-sport aircraft (SP/LSA) category, even with economic woes, nearly 2,000 LSA now grace America’s skies. |
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 Training With A PassionMichael Goulian’s flight school makes dreams come true Aerobatic champion, air show superstar, Red Bull racer—Michael Goulian is all of these. But in his day job, if you will, he’s president of Executive Flyers Aviation, a second-generation flight school founded by his father, Myron, in 1964. |
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 Aerial PhobiasAviation’s bogeymen, and how to handle them All of us have things in our lives that make us uncomfortable, sometimes to the point of terrorizing us. As kids, it’s what’s hiding under the bed. |
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 The Many Roads To AviationReal pilot stories show how passion and dedication equal flight-training success Melanie Endsley never set out to become a jet pilot. “The plan was just for me to take some safety pilot lessons since I would be flying with a pilot friend in his jet,” explains Endsley. |
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 Lessons Learned Part 2The Lower 48 After earning my private pilot’s license in Alaska in 1980, I wasn’t sure what was next. I loved to fly. |
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 Lessons Learned Part 1Alaska vs. The Outside My first flight lessons might have been different than yours, but as with all pilots, those early experiences are still tattooed in my mind. |
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 Is Glass Safer?Making sense of the NTSB glass-cockpit report Earlier this year, the NTSB released the findings of a special study that they conducted comparing glass-cockpit aircraft and similar conventional, or “round dial,”-equipped aircraft. |
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 Water, Wind & FloatsAt Jack Brown’s Seaplane Base, getting wet is part of the fun Be prepared to have fun,” Frances Brown told me. That was one of those phrases I had heard before with little payoff. |
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Stretching Your WingsAdvanced training is the ticket to taking your flying to the next level One of the most popular phrases in general aviation is “license to learn.” |
