Get You Gear Down, or How to Avoid a Gear Up Landing! When I think of a gear up landing, I usually recall a particular YouTube video. This one, shot by a passenger from the back seat of a soon-to-be...
Carburetor Icing: Trouble For Airplane Pilots Transitioning to Helicopters I heard a story about carburetor icing from one of my instructors early in my training, one of those stories that makes you...
The up and coming career pilot works in an era where they generally need to do any and everything to build flight hours. Pilots prostitute their aviation skills because they are forced into it. They...
Whether in Idaho, Arizona, Montana, Oregon, or New Mexico—it seems at least one state gets hit particularly hard by fires each year. And when they start, TFRs soon pop up as well. Summer vacation...
These Cessna 172 private pilot flash cards are intended as a resource for instructors and student pilots. Before we get started with Private Pilot Flashcards, I wanted to discuss the purpose of this...
The Beechcraft A36 Bonanza: Reliability, Comfort, and Performance The Beech Aircraft company was founded in 1932 in Wichita, Kansas, by Walter Beech and his wife Olive. Beech had previously founded...
These Behind-The-Scenes Airline Secrets are Something That Every Flyer Should Be Aware Of! We’ve all heard them before when it comes to air travel, the stories about bizarre happenings at 35,000...
The Process of Restoring a Classic Stinson Model A History of the Aircraft In 1933, the Stinson Aircraft Company produced the Stinson Model A, or Stinson 6000A Tri-motor, their last tri-motor...
Following Up: How Are the FAA Hiring Changes Really Affecting ATC Jobs? This is a complex issue, and one that many people from a variety of positions have put a lot of effort into researching and...
