Aeronca 7AC Champion
Proficiency
Improving or maintaining your flying skills is a goal every pilot should have with each flight. Here are expert opinions on how to apply performance standards to your everyday flying.
Lessons Learned: A Seaplane Pilot’s Wilderness Fishing Flight Gets Weathered
A Lake Amphibian, 25-pound steelhead, and a deluge lead to high drama for a pilot and his friends …
Thinking About Flying Emergencies Before They Happen
Whether it’s taking place at 400 feet AGL or FL 400, an inflight emergency requires immediate attention, analysis and …
Rusty Pilot Practice Plan
Let’s face it. Your logbook has dust on it, and your pilot certificate has rust on it. Your flight …
Get Your Instrument Rating. Why The IFR Ticket Is The Best Option For A Coronavirus Rating.
There’s no doubt that the coronavirus has knocked us all for a loop, and not in the fun aerobatic …
Smoke In The Cockpit
The Friday afternoon weather was clear and visibility unlimited (CAVU), and we were heading south at 7,500 feet to …
No Notams? No Problems? Not Necessarily
You’re doing your homework like a good pilot and are happy to see that there are no Notams at …
Rocky Mountain Turbulence In An Old Stinson
“Experience is a hard teacher because she first gives the test, the lesson afterwards.” Vern Law (major league baseball pitcher …
Intersection Departures: A Risk Worth Taking?
“Cessna 1234, can you accept an intersection departure from Bravo, remaining runway, 5,200 feet?” the controller inquired as much …
In Praise Of Analog Gauges
When a prospective pilot walks into our flight school at Sporty’s, one of the most common questions we hear …
A Floatplane Pilot Shares How He Got Started
I got to Juneau in April of 1976, after a long Econoline van ride from Florida. I was there for …
