Class D Airspace
The real “Controlled” Controlled Airspace Class D airspace is controlled and also has a control tower for the corresponding airport that will issue clearances to…
Go Arounds
If at first, you fail, then GO AROUND and try, try again. There’s no shame in realizing your approach down to the runway isn’t looking…
Reading the Weather – TAFs
Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts TAFs are very similar to METARs in the sense that they use the same coding abbreviations and a very similar structure. Obviously…
Reading the Weather – METARs
METARs METARs are a snapshot in time, a simple observation of what the weather was doing at a particular moment. They are an excellent tool…
Angle Of Attack
The Angle it Attacks Angle of Attack, or AOA as we’ll call it going forward, is technically defined as such: THE ANGLE AT WHICH THE…
The Secret to Being Stable
The trick to being more stable than Charlie Sheen isn’t just abstaining from drugs and alcohol. Safe and STABLE approaches all start with how you…
Taxiing in the Wind
You’ll often find that it is always windy at the airport whenever you want to fly, whether or not you live in Kansas. This means…
Steep Turns
How to turn the Airplane: While making turns in the airplane may seem simple, making coordinated, level turns and rolling out specifically where you want…
The Traffic Pattern
Flying the Traffic Pattern: In this topic, we’ll cover the standard airport traffic pattern, how to stay in the airport traffic pattern without going out…
The Power Curve
It’s all about the POWER: Of course big powerful airplanes are cool, but in reality most of the training aircraft we fly have relatively little…