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How to Create CFI Lesson Plans for the Flight Instructor Checkride
Lesson plans are a significant part of the Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) checkride, and CFI candidates spend countless hours preparing and...
An Introduction to Single-Pilot Resource Management in TAAs
Airline pilots have the luxury of working as a team. There are always at least two pilots in the cockpit who make decisions together. They also...
Three Insights From the 2021 State of Flight Training Report
Several clear trends and insights emerged from this year's State of Flight Training Report. We will be exploring many of these in detail over the...
The Pros and Cons of Learning to Fly With a Glass Cockpit
Glass cockpits are shiny, exciting, complex, expensive, and here to stay. Almost every airplane currently in production has glass avionics with an...
How to Solve Bad Flying Habits With Your Home Flight Simulator
To avoid bad habits with your home flight simulator, you should abide by all the same checklists and procedures that you use in your airplane....
4 Real-Life Lessons for Your Initial CFI Checkride
The Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) rating is one of the crown jewels of advanced flight training, and for many pilots, it means taking their...
The Importance of Flight Instructor Proficiency
For as long as I have been around flight training, I have heard folks refer to the Private Pilot Certificate as a “license to learn.” I’m sure you...
The Best Flight Simulator Controls for Every Pilot
With the release of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, the coronavirus pandemic keeping us indoors, and the increased interest in flying that occurs...
GA Safety Trends: What Should We Worry About?
Can a Computer Think Like a Pilot?
“Whatever consciousness is, it’s not a computation or something that can be described by a physical computation." —Sir Roger Penrose
Simplify Your Instrument Rating by Mastering These 6 Tasks
Flying under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) is familiar and straightforward for airline pilots and many experienced general aviation pilots as...
