At the beginning of the first leg, one of my pilot-rated passengers expressed surprise that I went to the trouble to plan and file IFR, especially because the weather was so good. But by the end of ...

The article critiques the common, but inefficient and dangerous, practice of over-relying on the attitude gyro (artificial horizon) as the sole or primary instrument for instrument flight, citing a ...

Safety pilots are legally required for simulated instrument flight to ensure visual separation and are a valuable resource for maintaining instrument currency and proficiency. Safety pilot ...

At the beginning of World War II, we were simulating a phase of flying in a device known as the Link Trainer. This ingenious gadget was utilized by the Army Air Corps and Navy Aviation to help train ...

While it is unlikely youll ever have to use your hard-earned partial panel flying skills in a real emergency, critical systems do and will fail at the worst possible times. The good news is there are ...