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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.
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 …
Flight Into Known Icing (FIKI) Approval Is Not Enough
So your plane is equipped for flight into “known-icing”— no need to worry, right? Think again!
When we endeavor …
When we endeavor …
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 …
