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Modern electronics almost relegate lost-comm concerns to a thing of the past. But what should you do if “almost” comes to your flight?

Block 10 For a Flying Club Thank you for unraveling the mystery of flight plan block 10: “Equipment” in the May 2024 article, “Flight Plan...

Many times in these pages we’ve discussed the disconnect of safe versus legal. As our regs guru, Mark Kolber, in this issue covers lost-comm...

The frontal system is somewhat of an elephant in the room. We talk about the weather it produces. We point to where it’s located...

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. PBN includes two essential applications, RNAV and RNP.

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.

Performance Based Navigation (PBN) capitalizes on the aircraft’s navigation capability from its avionics suite to enable better navigation performance. This quiz delves into the RNAV specification that IFR pilots should know.

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