Just like runway markings, runway lighting is spaced at defined intervals. Here's how they're spaced, and how these lights can make your next night flight safer.
Did you know a SPECI weather report can be issued for rapidly improving OR deteriorating conditions? Here's what you should know before your next flight.
You're a flight instructor or safety pilot scanning for traffic while your friend flies an approach "under the hood." Suddenly, a VFR airplane cuts off your final approach. What now?
High on final? Need to clear an obstacle or lose altitude quickly? Here's how to use a forward slip to increase your descent rate without ballooning your airspeed.
Hearing the words "cleared for the visual" is something pilots love to hear. But while a visual approach can reduce workload, it also adds risks you need to be ready for.
Visual approaches can be more hazardous than they seem, especially if you're constantly flying in the IFR world. Here's how backing up your visual approach up with an instrument approach can make things a lot easier, and safer.