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Mobile Flight Simulator Coming To NE Florida
AI generated image of the mobile simulator concept. Through the magic of AI, I created this scarily realistic looking image [...]
Why We Are Not Offering Sport Pilot Training For Student Pilots
As I write this article on December 1, 2025, more than four months have elapsed since the FAA announced the MOSAIC final [...]
How To Save Money On Flight Training
Flight training is expensive – there’s no way of getting around it. But if you’re willing to think outside the box and [...]
Is It A Bird? A Plane? Or A Skydiver?
Imagine you're flying along the coast near Fernandina Beach, maybe headed north to St. Simon's for lunch -- and [...]
VFR Navigation: ACS vs. Reality
FAA Pilot's Handbook Of Aeronautical Knowledge, Chapter 16, Navigation. Why do some flight instructors still insist that their [...]
Instrument Rating ACS Update May 2024
The FAA recently updated several airman testing standards documents including the Instrument Rating - Airplane ACS (Airman Certification Standards). The first [...]
What NOT To Study
It seems that many student pilots are having an increasingly difficult time comprehending and retaining the general knowledge they need [...]
Managing Aircraft Energy
Updated January 24, 2025 In 2021, the FAA published a revision of the Airplane Flying Handbook, one of the core texts used by people who [...]
Family Summer Trip in N65842
Earlier this year, while planning our summer vacation, we thought about flying N65842 out west, stopping in Sedona, Grand Canyon and Yellowstone on the way [...]
Reality Check
Learning to fly is cheap. Becoming pilot in command is expensive. My original title for this post was “Higher Education.” I often get questions from [...]
Loss Of Thrust On Takeoff
Note to readers: The scenarios, calculations, graphics, information and opinions contained in this post are not intended as flight instruction. If you want to explore [...]
FAR 61.129 Should Be Scrapped. Here’s Why.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) makes an unsubstantiated claim on its homepage that the agency provides "the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world." [...]
IFR Cross Country Adventure
Our Journey Up and Down the Eastern Seaboard in a Cessna 172 by Steve Hallett Two core tenets I live life by are as follows: [...]