GPS Basics
Siri, navigate my plane to Key West Airport……. If only it were that easy…..but that would take a lot of the fun out of flying! …
VFR Chart Basics
I love this Section(al)! Me TOO! I mean, I love sectional charts. The Sectional Chart or “VFR Chart” is the primary map used by VFR…
VOR Navigation Made Easy
Fly me TO the moon! Ya, well, there isn’t a VOR station on the moon so we can’t actually use a VOR to get to…
The Weighing and Balancing Act
How much to put where? Manually calculating weight and balance is really the same as your basic high school math class. Take the example below…
The Instrument Panel Explained
The Power of the Panel While as a Private Pilot you will be training to fly VFR only and constantly look outside the cockpit, it…
Electrical System
Gee, that’s shocking! Let’s look a electricity in a new way. In this TOPIC, we’ll talk about electricity as if it was water flowing through…
Managing Your Engine
You want the engine to like it’s Manager Pilot. As the PIC you are going to be doing your best to take care of your engine. …
What Makes it Work
The big loud magic! Engines may seem like magic, and if they do, that’s not a problem at all. By the end of this TOPIC…
Soft Field Landing
Returning to Earth…Softly. The idea behind a soft field landing is to land as softly as possible, and most importantly be ready to go around…