IFR Quiz

More than half of controlled flight into terrain accidents are fatal, and about 17 percent involve GA. While the number of accidents is decreasing, we can do better. Start by acing this quiz.

For many pilots, energy management is an innovative approach to managing certain critical aspects of flight. Understanding and applying it can help reduce your exposure to pilot-induced accidents and incidents.

Landing on the wrong surface is dangerous business and more so at tower airports. Sadly, 83 percent involve GA. Help lower that statistic with this quiz.

As scheduled, the FAA updated the AIM and Pilot/Controller Glossary effective March 21, 2024. As you look at this quiz, with questions from both documents, you’ve had more than two months to study. You have, haven’t you?

Approach pros always want to learn. That’s one thing that makes them pros. Test yourself and see how your knowledge stacks up against the experts. Perhaps you’re more pro than you think!

Weather briefings are full of potholes and gotchas. This quiz helps you refresh on the process and avoid common pitfalls.

This quiz clarifies the FAA and ICAO requirements regarding vision using corrective lenses. It also covers substitute test options for pilots with deficient color vision.

Instrument pilots often must land on contaminated runways. Sometimes, an airplane's directional control is challenged by hydroplaning, a common cause of runway excursions. This month, we delve into this phenomenon and suggest ways to minimize its effects.

Occasionally it’s good to go back and review the basics. This quiz shares wake-turbulence information you may not know. Don’t let one catch you by surprise.

In early October, the FAA announced its periodic update to the AIM. These changes are not extensive, so we’ve mixed in some general IFR questions.

Departure in IMC can lead to a CFIT or midair collision after even a slight deviation from the published procedure. Review the practices below...

As GA aircraft fly higher and higher, the risk of hypoxia increases. In August and September 2014, a Cirrus SR22T and a TBM 700...