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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, Flight Training, Learn To Fly, People and Places

Article: Airline Pilots: Coming Up Short

If you ask the average high-school student today about working as an airline pilot, you might get more questions than answers.

Also labeled: Aviation Careers, Aviation History, Careers, Flight Schools, Jobs and Schools, Pilot Resources

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, Flight Training, 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, Flight Training, Flying Skills, Jobs and Schools, Learn To Fly, People and Places, Pilot Resources, Staying Current

Article: Pilot Training: Finish What You Started

More people give up on their flight training than complete it.

Also labeled: Careers, Flight Schools, Flying Skills, Learn To Fly, Pilot Resources, Staying Current

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, Flight Training, Pilot Guide, Pilot Resources, Pilot Talk, Staying Current

Article: Paths To The Sky

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. ...

Also labeled: Aircraft, Aviation Resources, Features, Learn To Fly, People and Places, Pilot Guide, Pilot Resources, Staying Current

Article: The Many Roads To Aviation

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.

Also labeled: Aircraft, Aviation Careers, Aviation Resources, Features, Learn To Fly, Pilot Guide, Pilot Resources, Staying Current

Article: Lessons Learned Part 2

After earning my private pilot’s license in Alaska in 1980, I wasn’t sure what was next. I loved to fly.

Also labeled: Adventure Flying, Aerobatics, Aviation Careers, Backcountry Flying, Bush Flying, Journeys, Learn To Fly, Learning Center, Navigation, People and Places, Pilot Skills, Pilot Talk, Travel, Weather Flying, Winter Weather

Article: Lessons Learned Part 1

My first flight lessons might have been different than yours, but as with all pilots, those early experiences are still tattooed in my mind. ...

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, Flight Training, Flying Skills, 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, Flight Training, Learn To Fly, Learning Center, People and Places, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Proficiency, Warbirds

Article: From Tailwheel To Turbine

Bill Stewart, until recently a lapsed pilot, sounds like something between a fighter jock and a kid in a candy store as he recounts his latest aerial exploits on the ramp at Chicago’s Aurora Municipal Airport (ARR).

Also labeled: Advanced Ratings, Flight Training, Learn To Fly, Learning Center, People and Places, Pilot Skills, Warbirds, Proficiency, Pilot Safety

Article: Learning To Fly 2.0: Cooler, Safer And More Fun Than Ever

Imagine it: You’re training for night cross-country flying. The evening is moonless VFR. Your weather briefing says your route is clear. The synthetic vision feature of your glass instrument panel displays everything—including the runway centerline—as if...

Also labeled: Aviation Careers, Features, Jobs and Schools, Learn To Fly, Learning Center

Article: Be A Great Pilot!

The sheer enormity of the subject is a little intimidating. You probably could name several thousand characteristics of a “good pilot.” The she...

Also labeled: Advanced Ratings, FAA Regulations, Flight Training, Learn To Fly, Learning Center, People and Places, Proficiency, Safety

Article: The Checkride Chronicles

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.

Also labeled: Advanced Ratings, FAA Regulations, Flight Training, Learn To Fly, Learning Center, People and Places, Pilot Skills, Proficiency

Article: Ticket To Ride III

Right after soloing in 860LS, the lovely Flight Design CTLS, I feel light as a cloud. In our

Also labeled: Flight Schools, Flying Skills, Journeys, Learn To Fly, People and Places, Pilot Skills

Article: Sporty’s Foundation: The Future Of Aviation

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...

Also labeled: Journeys, Learn To Fly, Learning Center, People and Places

Article: TransPac Aviation Academy

Also labeled: Aviation Careers, Flying Skills, Jobs and Schools, Learn To Fly, Learning Center, Pilot Skills

Article: The Right Way To The Left Seat

Also labeled: Aviation Careers, Features, Flying Skills, Jobs and Schools, Learn To Fly, Learning Center, People and Places, Pilot Skills

Article: Personal Aviation At A Crossroads

Five years ago, the first special light-sport aircraft (S-LSA) received its airworthiness certificate, opening up a new chapter in the regulation of simple personal flight. More than 1,000 of these factory-built aircraft and more than 8,000 former...

Also labeled: Aviation Careers, Columns, Features, Guest Speaker, Learn To Fly, Learning Center, People and Places, Pilot Talk

Article: Sport Pilot Daze

Also labeled: Features, Flying Skills, Jobs and Schools, Journeys, Learn To Fly, Learning Center, LSAs, People and Places, Pilot Skills, Sport Pilots

Article: Learn To Fly: Fun Things You Can Do With Your Certificate

Also labeled: Aviation Careers, Features, Jobs and Schools, Learn To Fly, Learning Center, Navigation

Article: Pilot Career: From Dream To Reality

For the first time in...

Also labeled: Careers, Flight Schools, Jobs and Schools, Learn To Fly, Learning Center

Article: Fathers, Sons And Flying

For me, it all began a few thousand feet over some Michigan farmland about 40 years ago. We were somewhere between Detroit and Alpena when my father gave me a heading, told me to keep it straight and level, and then let me grab the yoke. I’ll never...

Also labeled: Columns, Learn To Fly, Learning Center, People and Places

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