The first time I flew solo on an instrument flight in actual instrument conditions was the day I flew from Morristown to Teterboro, New Jersey, to take the check ride with an FAA examiner to add the ...
I’m not planning on being a professional pilot. Why should I get an instrument rating? You may enjoy flying now—but with an instrument rating, you will enjoy it more. Getting an instrument rating is, ...
US Aviation Academy has secured a 10-year contract worth $835m from the US Air Force (USAF) to provide Initial Pilot Training ...
DETROIT (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board said Friday that the pilot of a small plane that crashed in western Michigan in poor weather, killing himself and a passenger, did not hold an ...
Cirrus Aircraft, the company that created a new level of aviation safety in 1999 with the release of an airplane with a built-in parachute, followed years later by a Cirrus-specific private pilot ...
I read with interest your article on helicopter safety ("Lessons learned", Flight International, 4-10 November). On the one hand, Bristow Helicopters sees pilot instrument rating and fully instrument ...