by Charlie Gasmire | Jul 10, 2019 | Pilot Advice
It’s iconic, fun, and at first, intimidating. Talking on the radio as a pilot can be kind of a language in itself. A gathering in the sky that is social yet structured, cordial yet formal. If you’re just starting out your pilot training, talking on the radio can be...
by Charlie Gasmire | Jul 3, 2019 | Aviation FAQs, Pilot Advice
In navigation days of old, a pilot was lucky to have an ADF or possibly a VOR to get around. Other than that it was true IFR – “I Follow Roads.” As technology has greatly improved over the past decades, ADFs have been all but phased out, and even VORs are on the...
by Charlie Gasmire | Jul 2, 2019 | Aviation FAQs, Pilot Advice
It’s confusing because they are often (incorrectly) used interchangeably in conversation: Heading, bearing, course, and track. Even correctly used by ATC, “on course heading” is still a little misleading because below you’ll see they’re practically referring to...
by Charlie Gasmire | Jul 1, 2019 | Aviation FAQs
It can be an intimidating thing that you don’t always have complete control over. Your vision is sometimes born poor, or you can regress over time to have vision challenges, or even perhaps there was a notable even in your life (trauma, illness, etc.) that...
by Charlie Gasmire | Jul 1, 2019 | Aviation FAQs, Pilot Advice
Flying upside down is probably on most pilots’ aviation bucket list. I first got to experience aerobatics in a Citabria in Alaska and the flight maneuvers were as spectacularly overwhelming as the scenery around me. Fun fact: “Citabria” comes from the name...
