Some older general aviation aircraft have generators, but most modern aircraft have alternators to power an aircraft’s electrical system.

Smoothly and effectively slowing an airplane after landing involves more than just your toes—your brain also plays a critical role. It is up to you to size up the situation and apply the proper braking pressure.

During a recent ground lesson, someone asked, “Should I only log the flight as actual instrument time when I am flying on instruments in clouds?”

The data you put out publicly as a flight training provider may be used against you if things go badly.

A significant amount of flight training is required to become a skilled and certificated pilot. And that training comes from providers who are usually as equally invested in providing services to the customer as the customer is in seeking them from the flight training provider. However, prospective students must understand that flight training providers have criteria and standards that determine their acceptance of customers. They also have limited resources when it comes to aircraft, instructors, and time. In a highly demanding and competitive pilot training market, sometimes a training provider might have to have a hard conversation with a customer or a potential one and tell them, “We can’t help you.”

Performing a successful short-field landing is a critical skill to master for every pilot seeking FAA certification.

One of the common maneuvers that remains a challenge for private and commercial pilot applicants during their checkrides is the steep turn demonstration.

Flight instructors play a pivotal role in the success of any flight training business, and we know all too well how scarce of a resource they are as airlines are actively recruiting them away as soon as they meet hour requirements.

Aviation mechanics are harder to find than airline pilots or CFIs in many locations. Too many flight training operations are experiencing downtime in their fleets simply because they don’t have the maintenance staff to complete the necessary work.