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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.

Recent Proficiency Stories

Maneuvering Speed
It isn’t what you think.
Gary Deck
Short Final and Hard Lessons Learned
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Night Blindness
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Intercepted by an F-16
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Engine Failure
Lessons LearnedPilot Experiences Engine Failure on Family VacationDave St. Clair
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Looping a Cub
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IFR Descent
Inside IFRIFR Descent HacksJeff Van West
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Forward slip
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