by Allen Herbert | Jul 21, 2019 | Aviation FAQs, Pilot Advice
Weather can be a topic that new and seasoned pilots alike spend too little time studying and as a result have to do the bulk of their learning in the cockpit in real-world scenarios. Avoiding storms and obviously hazardous weather is usually pretty easy for even the...
by Charlie Gasmire | Jul 15, 2019 | Aviation FAQs
For the non-pilot, aviation language can sound cryptic at first, like a secret code or confusing jargon. Once you start your flight training and become more well-versed in the vocabulary it really isn’t all that confusing after all. However there are still some...
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...
