Technique

While we train for the essential ability to fly approaches to minimums, that’s not always enough preparation for real-life weather, which can conjure up...

We all learned how to fly procedure turns when we got our instrument rating. We probably even had to fly a procedure turn or...

The second leg of your Tennessee-to-Kentucky journey (see January IFR) is going more smoothly than the first, but there are yet some tough decisions...

Airborne communications failures can be uncomfortable at best. It’s eerie hearing the radios go quiet when they should be bustling with transmissions, and you...

Yes, we’d done as we were told. The hushed voice on the phone had promised a copy the 2019 Golden File from the Official...

The flight to your vacation destination ended a few miles short with an unplanned overnight in Virginia. The trip started from home base in...

Expect vigorous debate on how best to orient your moving map. Here, I’ll address that debate about the best orientation. But rather than reiterating...

During a heated conversation have you even crossed the line? Have you been told you did? Assuming so, unpleasant things happen after crossing that...

Aspen is home to the rich and famous—senators, movie stars, and industry titans all have second homes here. Aspen is the home of the...

Assume you want to buy an airplane. You wouldn’t just go with your buddy’s suggestion to get a Cloudpuncher simply because he said it’s...

Operations below minimums on an instrument approach can be quite simple if the ceilings and visibilities are significantly above minimums. But when the chips...

Just like pilots, controllers get plenty of questions, comments, concerns, and sometimes complaints. Bonus: Writing these articles gives me an opportunity to address some...