Flight Training Magazine

By Scott Ruppert

You’ve gotten everything right in the traffic pattern.

What the college and flight school recruiters are saying is true: There’s never been a better time to become a professional pilot.

By Scott Ruppert

You’ve gotten everything right in the traffic pattern.

What the college and flight school recruiters are saying is true: There’s never been a better time to become a professional pilot.

Air, fuel, and heat are the essential ingredients in combustion. Increase the air going into the cylinder of a piston engine, and you can increase the power coming out.

By Mark Robertson

I had just entered a very busy Class B area on an IFR flight plan. ATC told me to maintain 5,000 feet and gave me a heading to fly. I finished the published arrival and was now ready for a familiar set of vectors around traffic to my home field. Ahead and to my left was the airport where I take my Cirrus SR22T for maintenance.

By John W. Olcott

Learning to fly multiengine aircraft requires a focus on the basics and mastering their personalities.

Carlos “Danny” Casanova fell in love with aviation while working as a deputy sheriff with the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office in Florida. Now, he’s protecting his community from above in an Airbus H125 police helicopter as an aircraft commander and airborne law enforcement pilot.

Have you ever heard horror stories of the FAA sitting in on a checkride? The surly FAA inspector sits over in the corner glaring at the applicant who ultimately fails because no one ever passes with the FAA.

Why? But then again, why not? Why do we delight so much in the sound of a pumpkin smashing?

Q: I never hear it talked about for any number of reasons, but is it possible to obtain a pilot certificate after one has been revoked? If so, how?

Each year the AOPA Foundation High School Aviation STEM Symposium brings dedicated educators from around the country for two days of sharing insights, ideas, and best practices for starting and building aviation STEM programs in schools.

In the vast expanse of the azure sky, it’s not just birds, clouds, and aircraft you could encounter. With the ubiquitous rise of drone technology, pilots increasingly cross paths with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Modern cars have spoiled us.