(Learning) Teaching From My Mistakes
How sharing real-world experiences in the cockpit can engage student pilots
Proficiency
Our pilot training articles are designed to help you improve your flying proficiency. Bone up on beneficial skills as well as the biggest mistakes to avoid as a pilot. Fly right with articles on topics such as dealing with ice and the most dangerous things you can do as a pilot.
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Lessons Learned: Crossing Paths
After decades of thinking about flight, in late June 2003, I finally took my first lesson. It was a great move that has gone on to take my family and me to places I expected and places I never dreamed of. The timing, though, could hardly have turned out worse. My career, which had always […]
Accident Briefs: September 2016
Cessna 180 Skywagon 1 Fatal The private pilot was conducting a personal cross-country flight in instrument meteorological conditions. The airplane wasn’t certificated for flight into icing. A review of radar data and radio communications recordings revealed that, after an air traffic controller issued the pilot a descent from 10,000 to 8,000 ft. msl, the pilot […]
Future Flight: World Without CFIT
Already being tested in F-16s with application for GA aircraft, a new ground collision avoidance system may help pilots avert a date with dirt
Lessons Learned: Date With A Dust Storm
Poor visibility (and poor judgment) leads to potentially dire consequences over rural West Texas
Distracted Ops, Checklists and Flows
As pilots, we’re obligated to take steps to mitigate risks and embrace a safety-minded culture with checks and double-checks.
