So You Want to Fly

Happy birthday, America! Now celebrate with some warbird trivia…

Will you lift off before you’re out of runway?

How’s the ride up there?

If the wind is 30 degrees off the runway, your crosswind component is about 50% of the wind...

Have you ever flown into an exceptionally wide/narrow runway, or one that has a noticeable slope?...

Could you pass an instrument checkride today?

Afraid of stalls? You’re not alone. In fact, nearly every pilot is apprehensive about stalls...

You don’t see these every day…

Bonus points if you get the last question right!

What do tower controllers really want you to know? We talked to Kyle Beamsderfer, a tower...

Because warm air causes density altitude to increase, overall performance of your plane...

Can you get 100%?

Have you ever flown an ILS approach and had the localizer or glideslope jump back-and-forth...

Teaching complex maneuvers will test your knowledge and skill as an instructor. Sometimes setting...

Let’s get started…

When you think of landing accidents that happen in a crosswind, you usually think of windy...

Forget the ILS. Study up before you accept these instrument approaches…

If you heard these phrases, would you know what ATC was talking about?

Before you fly around thunderstorms this summer…

You should go-around when…

Knowing about endorsements you’re giving or receiving is essential. If you’re an...

Knowing about endorsements you’re giving or receiving is essential. If you’re an...

If Vx is your best angle of climb (used to reach an altitude in the shortest lateral distance) and...

If you fly IFR, you’ll probably get one of these phrases on your next flight…

When’s the last time you heard “caution – wake turbulence” from an air...

Flying somewhere new? Here are 10 tips to make sure you’re ready.

Are you good to go?

Not instrument rated? You can still log PIC time in the clouds, in certain cases. Here’s...

Do you have a perfect landing every time? Neither do we.

There’s a lot more to GPS navigation than hitting direct-to…

Landing on a soft field? Here’s how to make a perfect touchdown, every time.

How you start your engine can determines how much wear, tear, and maintenance cost you’ll...

Good luck!

While VFR flight through Military Operations Area (MOA) doesn’t require any clearance or...

Between 5-10% of all general aviation accidents result from spatial disorientation, and of those...

How much do you know about them?

You’ve passed the VDP on an instrument approach, and you start to see the runway, but...

Having trouble with the basic principles of airspace?

You many think you know aerodynamics, but we’ll let these questions be the true...

Just like runway markings, runway lighting is spaced at defined intervals. Here’s how...

Your engine may not fail right away when running on contaminated fuel. The first indications will...

Think you know all 6?

When the weather gets hot, these rules-of-thumb can help.

You’ve started up your plane, taxied out, and completed your runup.