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  How To Calculate Your VDP When An Instrument Approach Doesn't Have One

  This easy calculation will help you make a safe descent from MDA to landing.

  • • Article
  • Boldmethod
  • 07/24/2025
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  The Difference Between Decision Altitude (DA) and Decision Height (DH)

  DA and DH aren't interchangeable phrases, they're two completely different things. Let's look at the difference

  • • Article
  • Boldmethod
  • 07/15/2025
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  How To Go Missed From A Circling Approach

  Landing from a circling approach can be challenging for a few reasons.

  • • Article
  • Colin Cutler
  • 07/10/2025
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  How To Fly A Circling-Only Approach

  We've all seen circling minimums published on regular approach charts. But have you ever flown an approach that wasn't designated to any particular runway, and has nothing but circling minimums published?

  • • Article
  • Boldmethod
  • 07/05/2025

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  How Cloud Ceilings Are Reported

  With broken ceilings at 5,500 feet, you're set to land under VFR. But how were those ceilings reported?

  • • Article
  • Boldmethod
  • 06/21/2025
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  Landing In Turbulence: How To Make Smooth Touchdown

  Turbulence is a reality of flying. Here's how to fly the best approach possible through rough air.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 06/19/2025
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  If AWOS Reports IFR Conditions When It's VFR, Can You Legally Fly?

  If the weather report is incorrect, can you legally land?

  • • Article
  • Boldmethod
  • 06/17/2025
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  ILS Critical Area: When Should You Hold Short?

  In partnership with Lightspeed

  When do you need to hold short of the yellow ILS critical area markings on a taxiway?

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  • Boldmethod
  • 05/15/2025
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  3 Rules-Of-Thumb For Summer Flying

  In partnership with AssuredPartners

  Here are 3 great rules-of-thumb to use on the hot days ahead of you.

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  • Colin Cutler
  • 05/13/2025

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  If You Go-Around On A Visual Approach Under IFR, Do You Need To Contact ATC Immediately?

  Visual approaches are usually simple. But what if you're flying a visual approach under IFR to a non-towered airport and have to go-around?

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  • Boldmethod
  • 05/10/2025
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  How To Make A Perfect Crosswind Takeoff

  Crosswind on takeoff might not seem like that big of a deal. But if you don't add in corrections, you could end up skipping down, or off, the runway.

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  • Colin Cutler
  • 05/08/2025
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  What Are Diurnal Winds?

  Diurnal winds are the name for local thermal-driven wind cycles that are driven by the heating and cooling of different types of terrain.

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  • Nicolas Shelton
  • 05/08/2025
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  Would You Go? IFR Cross Country Into Low Ceilings And Scattered Storms

  Take a look at this scenario, make your decision, and tell us what you'd do at the end of the scenario.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 05/01/2025
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  Dry Line: How It Forms Thunderstorms

  A dry line is a boundary between moist and dry air masses. Unlike a cold or warm front, one airmass is not rapidly overtaking the other.

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  • Nicolas Shelton
  • 04/29/2025
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  Is It Ever Safe To Fly Underneath A Towering Cumulus Cloud?

  In partnership with AssuredPartners

  What looks like a harmless cumulus cloud can quickly become a thunderstorm in the right conditions.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 04/26/2025