Five Ways to Make Bad Landings

What? Huh? Yes, you read the title correctly. There are many…
Checklist

One checklist that works in every airplane

Do you fly the airplane, or is your checklist really the PIC? It may sound funny, but an awful lot of pilots are slaves to their checklists, blindly following them as if it’s a set of assembly instructions for a piece of furniture. You can and should do better.
Kid in airplane

Getting Back Into Flying

In my position, I talk to all sorts of pilots looking for flight…

Flexible Flyer

Earlier this year, I wrote about my family's plans to take a…

4 Tips for Effective Study

There’s no hiding the fact that earning a pilot certificate…

Airmanship

Airmanship can be defined as the ability of a pilot to properly…

Going paperless with your logbook

Over the past 3 years pilots have been quickly transitioning…

You’ve Heard of the Pre-Flight, but what about the Post-Flight?

There’s never a good time for something to break, especially…

A Practical Approach to Using an iPad During Flight Training

Many students beginning their training often ask the question…
Air Traffic Control room

Question authority – and ATC

Many new pilots regard Air Traffic Controllers with a mix of respect and fear. So it's only natural that we trust them and want to follow their instructions no matter what. But as Ben Franklin famously said, "It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority."