by Charlie Gasmire | Sep 11, 2019 | Aviation FAQs, Pilot Advice
Aviation technology has experienced massive breakthroughs in the last century since the Wright Brothers first flew in Kitty Hawk. Airframe and propulsion technology have progressed manned flight capabilities from flying two feet off the ground for a few hundred feet...
by Charlie Gasmire | Sep 10, 2019 | Aviation FAQs, Pilot Advice
Those of us who have completed any form of flight training will agree that it is one of the most rewarding and challenging tasks we have ever pursued. Those that had no prior experience or had limited knowledge of flying would also agree that it can feel like taking a...
by Charlie Gasmire | Sep 9, 2019 | Aviation FAQs, Pilot Advice
Frost is a thin layer of ice on a solid surface. It forms when water vapor above freezing comes in contact with a solid surface whose temperature is below freezing. Sometimes you may see this on your plane before departing on an early flight, and you may have...
by Charlie Gasmire | Sep 6, 2019 | Aviation FAQs, Pilot Advice
Some pilots will say the instrument rating was one of the hardest ratings of all (second to perhaps becoming a flight instructor). Whereas in the private and commercial license training you are learning the physical coordination of flying, in instrument training it is...
by Charlie Gasmire | Aug 14, 2019 | Aviation FAQs
Most aircraft (commercial jets) are designed to cruise at high altitudes for the favorable fuel efficiency and engine cooling properties of the less dense cold air. For context, between 30,000 and 40,000 feet where airliners typically fly, average temperatures usually...
