Your Instrument Checkride: What Really Happens

Your Instrument Checkride: What Really Happens

Quick Facts What It IsThe FAA practical test for an Instrument Rating — the licence to fly in clouds, fog, and low visibility PrerequisitesPrivate Pilot Certificate, 50 hours cross-country PIC, 40 hours actual or simulated instrument time, instrument ground school,...
The Go-Around: Aviation’s Most Dangerous Safe Decision

The Go-Around: Aviation’s Most Dangerous Safe Decision

Quick Facts What It IsAborting an approach and climbing away instead of landing When It’s RequiredUnstable approach, runway not in sight at minimums, traffic on runway, wind shear, ATC instruction Accident Factor~83% of approach-and-landing accidents involve a...
How to Read the Sky Like a Pilot

How to Read the Sky Like a Pilot

Quick Facts Cloud FamiliesHigh (cirrus), Middle (alto), Low (stratus), Vertical development (cumulus/cumulonimbus) Key Warning SignsAnvil-shaped cumulonimbus (thunderstorms), lenticular clouds (mountain wave turbulence), rapidly building cumulus (convection) Wind...
471 Pages to Reinvent How America Trains Pilots

471 Pages to Reinvent How America Trains Pilots

Quick Facts ReportComprehensive Modernization of Part 141 Training Organizations Length471 pages Prepared ByNational Flight Training Alliance ReleasedApril 1, 2026 Comment DeadlineApril 10, 2026 (10 days) Key ProposalsCentral Management Office, SMS for all schools,...