Splashdown!
An emergency checklist for overwater flight for pilot’and passengers’makes the difference in surviving a crash
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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Surviving Inadvertent IMC
It’s not worth the academic argument to banter accident statistics related to non-instrument-rated pilots inadvertently flying into Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC), since the data we have is notoriously incomplete; however, we can probably agree that this scenario “too often” results in fatalities. I’m disappointed the new Private Pilot Airman Certification Standards (ACS) didn’t move Flight […]
The First Three Minutes
Lots can go wrong on takeoff and initial climb. Here’s how to prevent that from happening.
Trouble With Angel Flights
The pressure is on to complete the mission, but should it be?
The Seaplane Crash That Almost Killed Me
What should have been a leisurely demo ride in a perfectly good seaplane somehow went horribly wrong
Plan To Live
As night falls and the visibility drops, can a home-brewed approach save the day?
Simulation Comes”Of”Age
Simcom introduces a King Air 200 simulator with a difference
CFI An Adventure In Learning To Teach
What it’s like to become a CFI through AFIT’s accelerated program
