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Article: Hot Starts

When was the last time you drove down to 7-Eleven on a sizzling-hot summer afternoon to buy a Lotto ticket, came back with what you hoped were the winning numbers, and your car refused to start because of the heat?

Also labeled: Decision Making, Features, Flying Skills, Pilot Safety, Pilot Talk, Safety

Article: Beyond The Checkride

So now what? You've earned the private certificate and are happily amassing flight time with all kinds of aerial adventures.

Also labeled: Decision Making, Features, Flying Skills, Pilot Safety, Pilot Talk, Safety

Article: What Is Proficiency?

Aviation is awash in proficiency-oriented literature and training courses. But, what exactly is proficiency?

Also labeled: Features, Pilot Skills, Proficiency, Safety

Article: The Eyes Have It

We're about to kick the sacred cow that is peripheral vision right in the butt and, in the process, probably generate a bunch of letters to the editor. ...

Also labeled: Decision Making, Features, Learn To Fly, Learning Center, Pilot Guide, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills

Article: Aviation Careers: We’ve Only Just Begun

As a kid in love with flying and all things related to it, I couldn't fathom the idea of getting paid for it.

Also labeled: Aviation Careers, Aviation News, Careers, Features, Flight Schools, Jobs and Schools, Learning Center, Pilot Resources

Article: Expand Your Iceberg

I was a stick-and-rudder pilot with very little knowledge of instrument flying. Steeped in flying wires, tube and fabric, I never thought I'd need or want an instrument rating.

Also labeled: Aviation News, Careers, Features, Flight Schools, Flying Skills, Learn To Fly, Learning Center, Passenger Comfort, Pilot Skills

Article: 10 Flying Techniques From Great Aviators

One of the great joys of this job is that I've been allowed to interview and get to know some of the most interesting pilots in aviation.

Also labeled: Aviation History, Aviation Personalities, Features, Flying Skills, People and Places, Pilot Talk, Top 10s

Article: 10 Tips For VFR Flying In Marginal Weather

It was the classic example of baby- bird stupidity.

Also labeled: Features, Flying Skills, Learn To Fly, Weather, Weather Flying

Article: Learning To Fly: All About Priorities

The big secret in aviation is that just about everybody goes into it because it's more fun than should be legally allowed, and not because it's practical. ...

Also labeled: Aviation Careers, Features, Flight Schools, Getting Your License, Learn To Fly, People and Places

Article: Aviation’s “Little” Emergencies

I had just departed Long Beach, Calif., in a Bellanca Viking, headed for the Reno Air Races, when black oil began flowing out of the cowling and onto the windshield. ...

Also labeled: Aircraft, Features, Flying Skills, Pilot Guide, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Safety

Article: Never Run It Dry

It was the Christmas holiday, and I was on my way back from the Bahamas to Venice, Fla.

Also labeled: Aircraft, Features, Flying Skills, Pilot Guide, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Safety

Article: 30 Things Not To Do In The Pattern

So much of aviation education is built around doing things right.

Also labeled: Features, Flying Skills, Pilot Guide, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Safety

Article: A Part 142 Flight Review

Like so many aeronautical adventures, this was a quest for a signature.

Also labeled: Features, Flying Skills, Learning Center, Pilot Guide, Pilot Skills, Proficiency

Article: Living Large

Making the transition from a fixed- gear piston into a turbine isn't easy, cheap or quick, but it's possible.

Also labeled: Engines, Features, Flying Skills, Learn To Fly, Learning Center, Piston Engines, Turbine Singles, Turbine Twins

Article: Aerospace Careers Outlook

For the first time since the great crash of 2008, we've heard nothing but optimism (though some of it was cautious) during interviews for our annual aerospace careers feature.

Also labeled: Aviation News, Aviation Resources, Careers, Features, Flight Schools, Getting Your License, Jobs and Schools, Learn To Fly, Learning Center

Article: Do Something Magical: Learn To Fly

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. ...

Also labeled: Aviation Careers, Careers, Features, Flight Schools, Flying Skills, Getting Your License, Jobs and Schools, Learn To Fly, People and Places, Pilot Resources, Staying Current

Article: Angle Of The Wing

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. ...

Also labeled: Features, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Accident Statistics, Angle of Attack, Decision Making, Navigation, Safety

Article: Mysteries Of Landing

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.

Also labeled: Decision Making, Emergency Situations, Flying Skills, Learn To Fly, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills

Article: Challenge Yourself!

One of the never-ending conversations in aviation starts with, "How does a person become a better pilot?"

Also labeled: Accident Statistics, Decision Making, Emergency Situations, Features, Flight Planning, Flying Skills, Pilot Safety

Article: Takeoff Mistakes: The Critical Minute

Tom Willett was regarded as a natural. A former USAF navigator, Willett had become one of Globe Aero’s most reliable international ferry pilots.

Also labeled: Accident Statistics, Decision Making, Emergency Situations, Features, Flight Planning, Flying Skills, Pilot Safety

Article: Greasing It On: 20 Tips To Get ’Er Done

We all know "those" kinds of pilots: They never bounce, are always down in the first few hundred feet, and put it on slicker’n a squashed gopher (I dare you). ...

Also labeled: Decision Making, Features, Flying Skills, Pilot Guide, Pilot Resources, Proficiency

Article: Pilot Outlook 2010-2029: A Shortage Looms

Like the pendulum on a giant grandfather clock, the availability of aviation jobs goes back and forth in giant, lazy swings.

Also labeled: Aviation Careers, Aviation History, Aviation News, Careers, Features, Getting Your License, Pilot Guide, Pilot Resources, Pilot Talk, Staying Current

Article: ATP And MSU: A Partnership For The Future

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. ...

Also labeled: Aviation Careers, Flight Schools, Jobs and Schools

Article: Perfect Your Approaches

One of the most basic tenets of journalism is that we're all either the beneficiaries or the victims of our sources.

Also labeled: Decision Making, Learning Center, Pilot Resources, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Safety

Article: Immerse Yourself!

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....

Also labeled: Aviation Careers, Aviation Personalities, Aviation Resources, Careers, Features, Flight Schools, Jobs and Schools, Learning Center, People and Places, Pilot Resources, Pilot Skills

Article: Training With A Passion

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.

Also labeled: Aviation Careers, Aviation Personalities, Aviation Resources, Careers, Features, Flight Schools, Jobs and Schools, Learning Center, People and Places, Pilot Resources, Pilot Skills

Article: Mustang Mystique

As I lower myself into the rear cockpit, I pinch myself. No, I’m not dreaming. I really am in a WWII P-51D Mustang, about to ride with the Horsemen, the world’s only P-51 aerobatic team, known for their hyperprecise formation aerobatics.

Also labeled: Adventure Flying, Aerobatics, Air Shows, Aviation Personalities, Features, Flying Skills, People and Places, Pilot Skills, Shows and Fly-Ins, Warbirds

Article: Stretching Your Wings

One of the most popular phrases in general aviation is “license to learn.”

Also labeled: Features, Flying Skills, Pilot Skills

Article: Dream Makers: Everyday Pilots Reaching For The Sky

Dreams of flight are special. They beckon you from your earliest memories, and they’re insistent—always calling you to look up at the sky when an airplane passes overhead, or crane your neck at the nearest airport.

Also labeled: Advanced Ratings, Aviation Careers, Features, Flying Skills, Getting Your License, Jobs and Schools, Learn To Fly, Learning Center, People and Places, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Proficiency

Article: Uphill/Downhill Landings

What are the best conditions for landing uphill/downwind or downhill/upwind? It may seem dangerous to land into the wind but downslope on a snowy runway; yet landing upslope with a tailwind seems equally precarious.

Also labeled: Advanced Ratings, Getting Your License, Learn To Fly, Learning Center, People and Places, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Proficiency, Warbirds