Topic Category: Private Pilot

Regulations

Federal Aviation Regulations Hope you’re still awake there guys!  Understandably the “book work” side of things with ADM, Medical Factors, etc. isn’t quite as exciting as watching videos on flying around busy airspace, but it is what will ultimately keep you safe and legal in the sky.  Below we have some more rules for you… Continue reading Regulations

ADM / CRM / SRM

Aeronautical Decision Making, Crew Resource Management, Single Pilot Resource Management While these might be big fancy titles, the actual concepts they represent are actually much more simple, and probably something you already do to some extent subconsciously.  The whole idea behind these concepts is to reduce GA accidents.  The diagram above shows where GA accidents… Continue reading ADM / CRM / SRM

Medical Factors

Medications and the FAA Obviously, lots of us take medications for one thing or another.  If you are training for your Sport Pilot Certificate it is especially important you are familiar with what is and is not allowed by the FAA as you may not be regularly seeing an AME (aviation medical examiner, basically a… Continue reading Medical Factors

Weather Briefings

VFR Weather Briefings It’s always nice when someone else helps you to decipher the weather.  In the old days, it was standard to always make a phone call and have a professional weather briefer decipher the weather maps for you and help you understand the full weather picture that you were looking at out the… Continue reading Weather Briefings

Advanced VFR Charts

So Much on this Sectional Sectional charts offer A TON of very valuable information for us Pilots.  In the video above, we’ll go over some of the more intricate details of reading a sectional chart and what all the symbols mean. If you are really curious about all the markings on a sectional chart, check out… Continue reading Advanced VFR Charts

Fog

All these types of Fog are foggy in my brain! While there are 6 different types of fog, they all have somewhat unique characteristics, and at the end of the day all you really need to know is when to expect fog to appear out of thin air.  For the purposes of your written test,… Continue reading Fog

Basic Cloud Types

Cloud Spotting Games Next time you have nothing better to do, go be a kid again and look up at the clouds and see what shapes and animals you can find in the sky.  Just this time around, add a little twist to it and see if you can also identify which of the main… Continue reading Basic Cloud Types

Weather Fronts

Don’t stand in front of that Front! Well actually let’s say don’t stand fly in front of that front.  A Front is a boundary or transition zone between two air masses of different densities (think oil and vinegar).  Air masses of different densities don’t mix well, thus the layer in between them is the FRONT. … Continue reading Weather Fronts

GPS Basics

Siri, navigate my plane to Key West Airport……. If only it were that easy…..but that would take a lot of the fun out of flying!  Half the fun is just getting there, so let’s take a look at how you can still have fun and get there without too much difficulty using GPS. We’ll cover… Continue reading GPS Basics