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  How A Propeller Generates Thrust

  The answer is relatively simple, and it all goes back to how lift is created and directed.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 01/15/2026
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  4 Items You Should Brief Before Every Instrument Departure

  When was the last time you flew a complex IFR departure? Before your next flight, review these critical briefing items.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 01/15/2026
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  How To Use RNAV Substitution On A VOR Approach

  Here's how to do it and still meet the requirements of the AIM...

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  • Boldmethod
  • 01/15/2026
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  How To Fly a Teardrop Holding Entry

  Here's how to fly it...

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  • Boldmethod
  • 01/14/2026

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  Two Easy Rules-of-Thumb For Calculating a 3-Degree Glide Slope

  Have you ever found yourself chasing the glideslope on an ILS approach? How about the VASI or PAPI on a VFR final approach?

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  • Boldmethod
  • 01/13/2026
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  4 Runway Illusions, And How To Solve Them

  Have you ever flown into an exceptionally wide or narrow runway, or a runway that has a noticeable slope? Here are the illusions you should expect with oddly shaped runways, and how to stay on the correct glide path all the way to landing.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 01/13/2026
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  Aim Point Vs. Touchdown Point

  In partnership with ATP

  Here's how to pick both and make a great landing...

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  • Boldmethod
  • 01/13/2026
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  Rotating Beacon Colors?

  In partnership with ATP

  Don't mix up a military field for a civilian one...

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  • Boldmethod
  • 01/12/2026
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  ILS vs. RNAV Approaches

  Here are the advantages, and disadvantages, of both.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 01/11/2026

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  If You're High On Final Approach, How Should You Correct?

  Your first time around the pattern, you were right on glide path. But this time, you're way off. Why?

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  • Boldmethod
  • 01/10/2026
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  10 Times It's OK To Say 'Unable' To ATC

  In partnership with Lightspeed

  There are a few times when you should use the phrase "unable" with ATC.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 01/10/2026
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  When Can You Use Real DME On An Approach?

  If you have DME on board, this is when you can use it...

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  • Boldmethod
  • 01/10/2026
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  Descend Via Clearances, Explained.

  Here's how to fly a descend via...

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  • Boldmethod
  • 01/09/2026
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  6 IFR Procedures Most Instrument Pilots Rarely Fly

  Let's face it, there are a lot of IFR procedures we don't use in our everyday flying. If you're an instrument-rated pilot and fly IFR all the time, how many times have you flown these procedures in the past 12 months?

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  • Boldmethod
  • 01/08/2026
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  When Are You Required To Go Missed?

  Here's when you need to go missed...

  • • Video
  • Boldmethod
  • 01/08/2026