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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, Learn To Fly, Pilot Guide, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills

Article: Battle Over Frigid Seas

Aviation has always been a part of my life, but only recently has it become my profession. (function(){ var flashvars = {affiliateSiteId:"85996", widgetId:"495443", mediaType_mediaID:"video_1609639", width:"420",...

Also labeled: Aviation Personalities, Careers, Columns, Features, Guest Speaker, People and Places, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills

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, Learn To Fly, Pilot Guide, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Proficiency

Article: Excellence In Execution

I've dedicated my entire adult life to the art form of air-show flying.

Also labeled: Aviation Personalities, Columns, Features, Guest Speaker, People and Places, Pilot Skills, Pilot Talk

Article: A New Era Dawns: Electric Flight

Fantasy time: A shadow flashes across you as you walk toward the airport cafe.

Also labeled: Aircraft, Aviation History, Aviation News, Features, Gadgets, Pilot Guide

Article: Emergency Maneuver Training Changed My Life

While working as a waitress at the local airport restaurant, I met and married the owner of CP Aviation, Clay Phelps.

Also labeled: Aviation Personalities, Careers, Columns, Features, Guest Speaker, People and Places, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills

Article: From Spitfires To Mosquitoes

During World War II, I was a ferry pilot, flying military aircraft for the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA).

Also labeled: Aviation Personalities, Careers, Columns, Features, People and Places, Pilot Skills, Pilot Talk

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, Flight Training, 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, Flight Training, Jobs and Schools, People and Places, Pilot Resources, Pilot Skills

Article: Balancing Skill, Entertainment And Safety

I’m an air show pilot who’s known for making my performances look dangerous.

Also labeled: Aviation Personalities, Careers, Columns, Features, Guest Speaker, People and Places, Pilot Safety, 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, Flight Training, Jobs and Schools, People and Places, Pilot Resources, Pilot Skills

Article: I Did It!

On a cool, crisp and calm October morning, I finally took my first solo flight. It was amazing! My journey to this point started almost three years before, in early 2007. ...

Also labeled: Aviation Personalities, Careers, Columns, Features, Guest Speaker, People and Places, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills

Article: Still Relentless

I can tell you that for one lap prior, the plane never ran so well.

Also labeled: Aviation Personalities, Careers, Columns, Features, People and Places, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills

Article: Pilot In Command

Being a professional aerobatic and race pilot for the past several years has given me the opportunity to meet many civilian, military, helicopter, fixed-wing, professional and recreational pilots.

Also labeled: Aviation Personalities, Careers, Columns, Features, Guest Speaker, People and Places, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Pilot Talk

Article: Advanced-Degree Autopilot

We familiarly call them “George” or “Otto.” But Avidyne’s DFC90 autopilot makes a strong case for being called “Doctor” George or “Professor” Otto.

Also labeled: Avionics, Features, Flying Skills, Pilot Gear, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Pilot Supplies

Article: A New Lease On Flying

He hasn’t been out of GA for very long, but as far as the developments he’s missed, nothing comes close to the strides made in avionics over the last few years.

Also labeled: Aircraft Ownership, Aircraft Upgrades, Avionics, Buyer's Guide, Features, Gadgets, New Products, Pilot Supplies

Article: The Heavy Glider

I’m one fortunate aviator. My professional career has coincided with the 30-year flight history of the Space Shuttle program.

Also labeled: Aviation Personalities, Careers, Columns, Features, People and Places, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills

Article: We Fly The Space Shuttle (Simulator, That Is)

I always seem to be in the wrong time warp. I was born too late to fly fighters in WWII and too late for the space program.

Also labeled: Adventure Flying, Aviation Careers, Adventure Aircraft, Journeys, Navigation, People and Places, Aviation Personalities, Pilot Skills

Article: ElectriFly 2010

In 2007, a quintessential “garage inventor” named Randall Fishman showed up out of nowhere at Oshkosh AirVenture with an electric-powered ultralight—and quietly turned the aviation world on its ear.

Also labeled: Adventure Aircraft, Aircraft, Aviation News, Aviation Resources, Features, Gadgets, New Aircraft, New Airplanes, Pilot Guide, Pilot Resources, Staying Current

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, Learn To Fly, 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, Learn To Fly, Navigation, People and Places, Pilot Skills, Pilot Talk, Travel, Weather Flying, Winter Weather

Article: 11 Best New Products

The heart and soul of civilization, if you buy the exhaustively researched conclusions in Matt Ridley’s top-selling book The Rational Optimist, has been trade between the world’s people, from the very beginnings of humankind’s first yearning to...

Also labeled: Best Buys, Buyer's Guide, Careers, Features, Gadgets, Gear, New Products, Pilot Supplies, Product Previews

Article: Buying Your First Airplane

Buying your first airplane is exciting and confusing, all at once.

Also labeled: Aviation Resources, Best Buys, Buyer's Guide, Buying A Plane, Features, Finance, Fractional Ownership, Ownership

Article: Jeppesen VFR+GPS Charts

Since 1930, the standard paper navigation chart for VFR pilots has been the venerable sectional, originally produced by the Coast and Geodetic Survey, whose aviation department has since become the FAA’s National Aeronautical Chart Office (NACO). NACO...

Also labeled: Cockpit Gadgets, Gadgets, Gear, Gifts, Pilot Supplies, Product Previews

Article: 20 New iPad Apps!

The iPad is slick, dazzling and infinitely upgradeable, with over 100,000 applications in Apple’s App Store.

Also labeled: Best Buys, Buyer's Guide, Features, Gadgets, Gear, Gifts, New Products, Pilot Supplies, Product Previews

Article: Really Low On Fuel

Early in September of 1977, a fellow Alaska registered guide asked me to fly some avgas to a hunting camp he operated on the west side of the Alaska Range. ...

Also labeled: Adventure Flying, Backcountry Flying, Bush Flying, Bush Pilots, Bush Planes, Careers, Columns, Emergency Situations, Features, Guest Speaker, People and Places, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills, Pilot Talk

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. ...

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

Article: Airpark Living: Waking Up To Your Dream

If you’re serious about flying, at some point your dreams have wandered to airparks.

Also labeled: Aviation Resources, Best Buys, Buyer's Guide, Buying A Plane, Decision Making, Features, Journeys, Ownership, People and Places, Travel

Article: Takeoff Alternates

June gloom is here—a time for low ceilings and low visibility due to fog and mist. June...

Also labeled: Columns, Features, Guest Speaker, Pilot Talk

Article: Sharing The Passion

Aviation and flying have been an important part of my life for as long as I can remember. Aviation and flying have been an...

Also labeled: Air Races, Air Shows, Columns, Features, Guest Speaker, People and Places, Pilot Talk, Shows and Fly-Ins