"I will now turn and intercept a 240 heading" - IFR student "COURSE! COURSE! NOT A HEADING!" - Tizi I've often heard IFR students confuse...

Learning how to efficiently brief a chart is a "must" for all new IFR pilots. It's more of an art than a process, as the purpose is to...

There will never be a checklist that works for any airplane. Unless you generalize it so much that it becomes useless... That being said, a checklist is a CHECK-list, not a TO-DO list. It assists with a flow, it does not replace it. Training is the only case where the checklist serves the purpose of the to-do list... to help the pilot familiarize themselves with a new aircraft. To that affect, I wrote the attached checklist for Piper Cherokee 180s (PA28-180) to help my studen

There are many testing centers around the country and at least one in your city. Hopefully. The exams are scheduled online via PSI True...

The birth of EFBs allowed pilots to quickly look at weather (WX) information and self-interpret it. In recent years, I keep encountering...

"Shut up or you'll get beat up in the parking lot" - Dr. Bill When you perform an instrument approach procedure to circling minimums, you...

"NAVLOG?? What is this witchcraft??" - Every student pilot born after 2000 Yes, I know you have an Electronic Flight Bag (EFB). Garmin...

Planning your flight under IFR is not always easy and requires a lot of thinking ahead. The fuel reserves under IFR can be particularly...