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Obviously, there is no replacement for an airplane to stay current and proficient. But when you sim, don’t treat the sim like an airplane. There’s a difference.

Performance-based navigation focuses on an aircraft’s performance capabilities instead of its navigation sensors.

Knowing Good and Evil was a problem in the original Paradise, but around the PDZ VOR, managing direction, altitude, and what’s next is your only hope of success.

You’re stuck on the ramp waiting to go, many planes ahead of you, arrivals holding and waiting on departures, departures waiting on arrivals. Whassupwidat?

Artificial intelligence is the current darling of high-tech and we’re seeing its influence everywhere. Does artificial intelligence have a place in an airplane?

Those out-of-the-way airports tend to be basic—one or two simple approaches. But simple doesn’t always mean easy. There can be a lot of decisions to make.

Fatigue management is each pilot’s responsibility. Only you can decide how much rest you need and the best way to get it.

I was a new controller and just assigned to my first duty station, Falcon Field in Mesa, Arizona. I had a pretty good working...

Spoofing Confusion I enjoyed your “GPS Jamming, Spoofing” article in June 2024. Would you please expand on your comment that “GPS satellite spoofing attacks are...

Swift Gets 100R STC Swift Fuels’ 100R unleaded aviation fuel has received an STC for use in Cessna 172 R and S fuel injected models....

These are incredibly useful tools that enhance our flying, making it safer while giving us more capabilities.

I was flying IFR north of Toronto a year or so ago on a VFR day and talking on Center frequency when I heard...