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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, Flight Training, Learning Center, Pilot Guide, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills

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, Flight Training, Flying Skills, Learning Center, Passenger Comfort, Pilot Skills

Article: 10 Tips For VFR Flying In Marginal Weather

It was the classic example of baby- bird stupidity.

Also labeled: Features, Flight Training, Flying Skills, 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, Flight Training, Getting Your License, People and Places

Article: When To Abort

Mention the word "abort" to a pilot, and you'll immediately summon visions of every pilot's nightmare— an engine failure on takeoff. ...

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

Article: IFR Strategies In Convective Weather

I just completed a trip from a coastal town in northern California, to Erie, Penn., and back in a Columbia 400.

Also labeled: Decision Making, Descents, Flying Skills, Pilot Guide, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Safety

Article: Say When

I'm one of the world's luckiest pilots. On occasion, I'm allowed to fly some of the best new airplanes in general aviation.

Also labeled: Decision Making, Descents, Features, Flying Skills, Pilot Guide, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills

Article: Over Water, Under Canopy!

Cylinder-head temp gauges are creeping noticeably toward the red lines. Not good. No, this isn't looking good at all.

Also labeled: Decision Making, Emergency Situations, Features, Flight Hazards, Flying Skills, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills

Article: The Joys Of Summer

It was late summer, and I nursed the old Bellanca Cruisemaster higher as we passed over Blue Mesa Reservoir near Gunnison, Colo.

Also labeled: Decision Making, Emergency Situations, Features, Flight Hazards, Flying Skills, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Proficiency

Article: The Ultimate Choice

It was a particular flight in December of 2011 that really stands out in my mind.

Also labeled: Decision Making, Emergency Situations, Features, Flight Hazards, Flying Skills, Pilot Safety, 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, Flight Training, Flying Skills, 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, Flight Training, Getting Your License, Jobs and Schools, Learning Center

Article: Aerosim Flight Academy

It's not only general aviation that faces a pilot shortage.

Also labeled: Aviation Careers, Flying Skills, Jobs and Schools, Learning Center, People and Places

Article: Airline Transport Professionals

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. ...

Also labeled: Aviation Careers, Flying Skills, Jobs and Schools, Learning Center, People and Places

Article: Running With The Big Dogs: A Jet Experience

Don't be in a rush to screw things up!" It's one of many little sayings and memory joggers that 2010 National CFI Of The Year Jeffrey Robert Moss (everyone calls him "MossY") teaches students in his Flying Like The Pros (FLTP) system....

Also labeled: Aviation Personalities, Aviation Resources, Flying Skills, Jets, Pilot Safety

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, Getting Your License, Jobs and Schools, People and Places, Pilot Resources, Staying Current

Article: Fear Of Dunking

From two miles up, big water looks pretty much the same all over the world.

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

Article: Making Sense Of 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.

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

Article: Backcountry Odyssey

We're threading our way through the majestic Teton Pass—a flight of four Aviat Husky aircraft and a pristine, Yakovlev Yak-52

Also labeled: Adventure Aircraft, Adventure Flying, Aircraft, Backcountry Flying, Bush Flying, Bush Pilots, Bush Planes, Journeys, People and Places, Pilot Skills

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, Getting Your License, Pilot Resources, Staying Current

Article: Muscle Memory

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. ...

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

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, Flight Training, Flying Skills, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills

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, Getting Your License, People and Places, Pilot Guide, Pilot Resources, Staying Current

Article: Making History

Sixty miles northeast of Los Angeles, restricted airspaces R-2508 and R-2515 cover Rosamond Dry Lake, home of Edwards Air Force Base.

Also labeled: Aviation History, Aviation News, Decision Making, Features, Flight Hazards, Flying Skills, Journeys, Pilot Safety

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, Getting Your License, Pilot Guide, Pilot Resources, Staying Current

Article: Beware The Downburst

Contrary to the advice that aviation usually allows you to make most mistakes only once, I’ve been fortunate in 50 years of flying to make virtually all the bad mistakes, in some cases more than once.

Also labeled: Decision Making, Features, Flight Hazards, Flying Skills, Pilot Safety

Article: Challenging Runways

What makes some runways more challenging than others? The length? The wind? What you had for breakfast that morning? What?

Also labeled: Decision Making, Features, Flight Hazards, Pilot Safety

Article: Air-to-Air Photo Flight

Go behind the scenes on an air-to-air photo mission!

Also labeled: Adventure Flying, Aircraft

Article: Pilot Careers 2010: A Brave New World

It probably seems extraordinary to be discussing pilot careers at a time when the worst economic turmoil in 60 years has dragged the airline industry to near-collapse and an insatiable media has spotlighted every ugly aspect of the profession.

Also labeled: Careers, Jobs and Schools, Learning Center, Pilot Resources, Pilot Skills

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, Getting Your License, Journeys, Learning Center, Navigation, People and Places, Pilot Skills, Pilot Talk, Travel, Weather Flying, Winter Weather