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  Filing Airways Vs. Filing Airway Fixes

  Here's the difference...

  • • Video
  • Boldmethod
  • 03/18/2026
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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?

  • • Article
  • Boldmethod
  • 03/17/2026
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  5 Weather Questions You Need To Know For Your Checkride

  Weather is the #1 reason pilots fail their checkride. Here are 5 questions you need to be ready for when you meet with your examiner.

  • • List
  • Boldmethod
  • 03/17/2026
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  Class B Weather Minimums

  In partnership with ATP

  Here's what you need for VFR flight in Class B airspace...

  • • Video
  • Boldmethod
  • 03/17/2026

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  5 Aerodynamic Facts Pilots Should Know About Flaps

  In partnership with UND

  If you're a pilot, you should know these by heart.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 03/17/2026
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  When Should You Reduce Power In The Pattern?

  Here's when we recommend you reduce power on downwind...

  • • Video
  • Boldmethod
  • 03/16/2026
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  Graphical ODPs, Explained.

  Here's when the FAA will publish a graphical ODP, and how you can use it.

  • • Video
  • Boldmethod
  • 03/15/2026
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  6 Reasons Why You Should Always Back Up A Visual Approach With An Instrument Approach

  Backing up your visual approach up with an instrument approach can make your landing a lot safer.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 03/14/2026
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  When Are You Required To Go Missed?

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

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  • Boldmethod
  • 03/13/2026

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  Should You Go Missed If You Fly Past The VDP On An Instrument Approach?

  You've passed the VDP on an instrument approach, and you start to see the runway, but you're high. What should you do?

  • • Article
  • Boldmethod
  • 03/12/2026
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  The Two Types Of Mountain Waves

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  • Boldmethod
  • 03/12/2026
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  What's An LDA Approach?

  Here's what a Localizer Directional Aid (LDA) approach is, and how it's different than an ILS.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 03/11/2026
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  Maneuvering Speed: How Va Protects Your Plane

  It's pretty much impossible to explain aerodynamics without heavily simplifying it. Aerodynamics is a field for engineers, based on differential equations that don't have much use in the cockpit.

  • • Article
  • Boldmethod
  • 03/10/2026
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  What's a Cruise Clearance?

  They're not very common. Here's how they work...

  • • Video
  • Boldmethod
  • 03/10/2026
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  5 Easy Ways To Increase Drag Quickly

  In partnership with UND

  There are a few easy things you can do to increase drag for managing airspeed or a descent. Which of these do you use the most?

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  • Boldmethod
  • 03/10/2026