Takeoff and Landing Calculations
How much runway do you need? Calculating how much runway is required for your airplane to takeoff and land is something specifically required for you…
Regulations (FARs Lite)
A light dose of rules Well, yes there are a lot of rules involved in flying, along with some unique nomenclature you may not have…
S-Turns
Kind of like slalom skiing, but this time you’re flying S-Turns are typically performed over a long straight road and gives you another opportunity to…
Turns About a Point
Turning and Pointing Well, it’s a little more than just that. The idea behind a “turn about a point” is to develop a skill of…
Unusual Attitudes Gone Wrong
Avoid doing this when practicing unusual attitudes……
Unusual Attitudes
Wow, that’s very unusual. Yes, what you are about to embark upon will be quite unusual. Your CFI is about to make you close your…
Flying Blind: Simulated Instrument Practice
I see said the blind man! Ya, well, not really. If you are unlucky enough to have accidentally flown into a cloud, you won’t see…
Class C Airspace
Hey Charlie, there’s some airspace up ahead Yes, there is, and it’s fairly straightforward and simple airspace at that. Not only are the dimension of…
Class B Airspace
Class B, the busy stuff To make sense of this complicated cake, let’s build it from the ground up! At a Class B airport, you…
Class A Airspace
Class A, that’s high eh? Class A airspace is a fairly straight forward type of airspace to understand, it covers the entire globe, from 18,000′…