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You may know Sean D. Tucker as one of the best air show pilots in the business, but did you also know that he is the current Young Eagles Chairman? Sean has held this title since AirVenture 2013 when he took over from Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger and Jeff Skiles. Only a few people have held this title over the years and Sean is as hard working as they come.
Voice your opinion now to stop the elimination of Area Forecasts The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in coordination with the National Weather Service (NWS), has submitted a notice to the Federal Register announcing its intent to transition seven Area Forecasts (FAs), used as flight planning and pilot weather briefing aids to digital and graphical […]
Learning to fly is hard, challenging, nerve-racking (at times), but also a lot of fun. When I was first taking flight lessons, my head was full of questions. Most of which I was either afraid to ask or had forgotten by the time I drove to the airport. Let’s face it, many instructors are underpaid […]
I recently gave a flight review to an experienced pilot who flies a modern Cessna single-engine airplane for recreation and transportation purposes. A topic we covered thoroughly was emergency procedures, since most pilots don’t encounter emergencies often over the course of normal flight operations. After retaining positive control of the airplane and accomplishing a few critical memory items (if necessary for the situation), your […]
During flight training, it’s natural to focus on the big hurdles: the medical, first solo, knowledge test and checkride. Those are certainly important, and they deserve your attention. But many student pilots get so focused on the training process that they never think about flying after the checkride. That’s a mistake.
As pilots we are taught from early on that managing an emergency during our flying career is not a question of “If” but a question of “when”. We are meticulous in our preflight planning, preparation and use good maintenance procedures to ensure that we mitigate as much risk as we possibly can, but the rules […]
Flying clubs come in many shapes and sizes. What they have in common is a group of members interested in flying and in saving money on their flying activities.
The Case for Non-Owners Insurance You are well on your way to your first solo and you are excited about the chance to pilot your craft by yourself. Along with this new freedom will also come new responsibilities. One of these is the fact that you alone are responsible for this aircraft. Back at your introductory […]
Interacting with the local FBO (Fixed Base Operator) isn’t something you’ll typically learn as part of a standard training curriculum at your local flight school. But yet we depend on FBOs to take advantage of everything we do in aviation – the gateway between the free skies and rest of the world. Learning the ins […]
One of the more exciting aspects of flight training is learning how to plan and fly to an airport outside your local training area. During this time, you’ll learn new skills to help accomplish one of the main reasons you’re probably learning to fly which is taking advantage of a fun means of transportation and […]
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