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Are you ready for your IFR Checkride? Check out our latest IFR Oral Exam video below and test your instrument knowledge against our IFR Checkride Quiz! To view all of our full length IFR Oral Exam videos, click here to be taken to our Instrument Course. Are you ready? Read through the […]
The Federal Aviation Administration recently rolled out a new system to schedule FAA knowledge tests. Check out our new YouTube video above to learn how to obtain your FTN number and schedule your written, hassle free!
Aeronautical Decision Making, Crew Resource Management, Single Pilot Resource Management While these might be big fancy titles, the actual concepts they represent are actually much more simple, and probably something you already do to some extent subconsciously. The whole idea behind these concepts is to reduce GA accidents. The diagram above shows where GA accidents […]
What is a Minimum Turning Altitude, MTA? An MTA is just that, the minimum altitude at which you are allowed to turn at when flying along airways. This applies to aircraft flying at 10,000′ and above, where there is no speed limit and True Airspeeds can often be in excess of 400 knots. With an […]
When Can You Log an Instrument Approach? The FAA issued INFO 15012 (Information for Operators) to help us understand exactly when you can and cannot log an instrument approach for the purpose of instrument currency or training. Under any scenario, the pilot logging instrument currency/training must be flying solely by reference to instruments (obvious I […]
When ATC Makes Mistakes…and Tries to Blame the Pilot So first off, let me start by saying this; I have no expectation that an air traffic controller be perfect all of the time or a pilot for that matter. We are all human and make mistakes. I do however think it especially important to point […]
Tracking Your Flight Lesson Seeing where you flew, how high, and how precise you are flying can be great feedback for students and experienced pilots alike. Check out the above video (feel free to scroll through it) to see what that data looks like overlayed on maps or in a video. Now with technology, it […]
Can Water Really Cool to -55 Degrees Before Freezing? Um, well, yup it can. When water exists as a liquid below 32 Fahrenheit (0 Celsius), it is referred to as “Super Cooled”. When it exists at these super cool temperature in the atmosphere as little droplets inside clouds, it is referred to as SLD or […]
FAA’s new Graphic Pilot Reports Submitting a PIREP is easy Anytime you are talking with a controller, whether it is VFR flight following or on an IFR flight plan, you can submit a PIREP. To offer a new Pilot Report to the controller, all you simply have to do is say your “have a pirep […]
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