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Article: Flying With Floats

You ready for your check ride?” asks Tom Brady of Traverse Air nonchalantly. What the heck i...

Also labeled: Floatplanes, Instrument Ratings, Learn To Fly, Seaplanes

Article: Thunderstorms: Managing The Risk

It was June 1977, and I had climbed out of Reading, Pa., in a new Rockwell...

Also labeled: Flight Hazards, Pilot Supplies, Safety, Weather Flying

Article: The Go/No-Go Decision

Every pilot has his own tolerance for risk, but most of us who fly ferry across the oceans on a semi-regular basis have developed our own set of guidelines for when we will or won’t fly. We l...

Also labeled: Columns, Decision Making, Flight Hazards, Safety

Article: Deciphering Accident Statistics

The aviation industry sure loves its statistics—there’s an X% chance of this, and one aircraft is Y...

Also labeled: Accident Statistics, Flight Hazards, Learn To Fly, Safety

Article: Learn To Fly: Solo At 14

If anyone thinks that they can’t do what they put their m...

Also labeled: Getting Your License, Learn To Fly

Article: Test Yourself

There’s a wonderful line in a Toby Keith song that...

Also labeled: Safety

Article: Earning A Tailwheel Endorsement

It’s still an airplane,” insisted Damian DelGaizo, as I hesitantly leveled out over a grass strip much...

Also labeled: Tailwheels

Article: Learning To Fly In A Cirrus SR22 Part II

After having successfully completed several solo flights in the Cirrus SR22, I entered...

Also labeled: Getting Your License, Glass Cockpits, Learn To Fly

Article: Upset Recovery Training

I hate roller coasters. Little tykes...

Also labeled: Flight Hazards, Safety, Stalls and Spins

Article: Learning To Fly In A Cirrus SR22

According to...

Also labeled: Getting Your License, Learn To Fly

Article: Is 35 Hours Enough

The world’s flying community looks at the 35-hour yearly average for U.S. pilots and shakes its collective head. They bemoan what they perceive as a general lack of proficiency and place blame on the pilots, as though they’re doing it on pur...

Also labeled: Safety, Staying Current

Article: Learning To Fly Seaplanes

For many pilots, attaining ...

Also labeled: Instrument Ratings, Learn To Fly, People and Places, Seaplanes

Article: Learn To Fly: Happy Birthday, Kristin!

The sun was...

Also labeled: Getting Your License, Learn To Fly

Article: Extreme Flying: Winter, Part 1

It’s Gary Chamberlain’s...

Also labeled: Flight Hazards, Pilot Skills, Safety, Weather Skills, Winter Weather

Article: Spins

The “Shall we or shall we not teach spins?” debate has been...

Also labeled: Flight Hazards, Safety, Stalls and Spins

Article: The Lowdown On Descents

Descents are too often regarded as throwaway maneuvers. Pilots place great emphasis on proper...

Also labeled: Descents, Flight Hazards, Safety, Takeoffs and Landings

Article: Top 10 Rules Of Thumb

Pilots are expected to know lots of stuff. So it should come as no surprise that they like all...

Also labeled: Decision Making, Flight Hazards, Safety

Article: Balancing Act

Sometime back in the dark ages, I was getting ...

Also labeled: Flight Planning, Safety, Weight and Balance

Article: Switching To Glass

It has finally happened. While...

Also labeled: Avionics, Glass Cockpits, Safety, User Guide

Article: Aircraft And Engine Preheat Is A Big Deal

Your...

Also labeled: Flight Hazards, Safety, Winter Weather