9 Tips: How To Taxi At Big Airports
Big airports can be scary. Getting into them includes lots of traffic and busy ATC controllers. But just getting there …
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How To Use Your Plane’s Brakes
Bringing a speeding airborne airplane to a halt seems a simple enough process. Just plop it onto the runway, push …
Near-Disaster: Flying A Vintage Piper With Dad
As the sun peered out above the Atlantic Ocean, the wheels of my Dad’s 1951 PA-20 (Piper Pacer …
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 …
What It’s Like For Deadheading Pilots
For as long as there have been airline flights or railroad passages or ships sailing the ocean blue, there have …
This Pilot Almost Missed The Real Training
It was a rare sunny February day in Seattle. Between the long months of gray and rain starting sometime in …
Understanding Maneuvering Speed
What is maneuvering speed, and why should you care?
Perhaps more importantly, what should you know to maximize your flying …
AOPA’s High School STEM Symposium Gathering Rocks In Denver
AOPA just wrapped up its You Can Fly High School Aviation STEM Symposium in Denver, Colorado, this week at the …
New Features In Sporty’s Learn to Fly, Instrument Courses
With the launch of its 2020 video courses for new pilots and for those seeking an instrument rating, Sporty’s …
A Really Short Final And Hard Lessons Learned
The plane hit hard, the dust rose, and, for a split second, I had no idea what the hell had …
