Proficiency Nine Tips And Tricks For Staying IFR Proficient I’m an unabashed social media lurker. I don’t post rants (or photos of lamb with cucumber-mint relish … By Jeff Van West
Proficiency Understanding Via Clearances Of All Kinds Ask a bunch of jet drivers what they think of “via clearances” and you’ll get some level of grumbles … By Jeff Van West
Proficiency IFR Descent Hacks I recently hosted a get-together of pilots working on their instrument ratings and instrument instructors for what we jokingly … By Jeff Van West
Pilot Talk Radar Required Approaches Explained One of my roles in life seems to be “The IFR Answer Guy.” Sometimes, I can toss off the answer … By Jeff Van West
Pilot Talk Departing IFR Without Guidance Many VFR-only pilots are familiar with how instrument approaches offer the safe paths that take us from the air … By Jeff Van West
Proficiency Circle-to-Land Life-Saving Tips For one, fly wider circles, up to a point. Here’s how to find the balance … By Jeff Van West
Proficiency When Pilots Get Vectored Across Final Fly IFR, and you’ll run into this situation soon enough: You’re on a base-leg vector to the … By Jeff Van West
Proficiency Why Would You Need Both GPS And DME? Learn why or why not, you would need both GPS and DME in your plane for approaches … By Jeff Van West
Proficiency Behold The Power Of Uninterrupted Descents Are you an aviation enthusiast or pilot? Sign up for our newsletter, full of tips, reviews and much more! “Descend … By Jeff Van West
Proficiency Looking For The Lights Instrument pilots have a thing for regulatory minutia. An information morsel you’ll often hear repeated is “being able to … By Jeff Van West