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  6 Questions You Should Be Prepared To Answer During Your CFI Interview

  In partnership with Republic

  These are 6 types of questions you should be ready to answer during a CFI interview. We've given you an example of a question that would fall under each category.

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 09/09/2021
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  How To Fly A Visual Climb Over Airport (VCOA) Under IFR

  If you're in mountainous terrain and can't maintain the required climb gradient for an instrument departure, a VCOA might be a great option. Here's what you need to know before you fly one under IFR.

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 09/04/2021
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  Why Calling 'Go-Around' Is An Action, Not A Decision Point

  In partnership with Bose

  Airlines and corporate flight departments around the world have strict procedures when a crewmember calls a go-around. Here's how you can use these same procedures in your everyday general aviation flying.

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 08/31/2021
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  Pilot Inadvertently Lands On Wrong Side Of Half-Grass, Half-Pavement Runway

  A pilot landed on the wrong side of a runway at night. Here's how it happened.

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 08/28/2021

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  Would You Go? IFR Cross Country Into Low Ceilings And Scattered Storms

  Making go/no-go decisions isn't always easy. 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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  • Swayne Martin
  • 08/21/2021
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  When Can You Log Flight Time? Returning To The Gate, Rejecting A Takeoff, And More

  As a commercial pilot, have you ever been stuck with a long ground delay, been forced to reject a takeoff, or return to the gate?

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 08/19/2021
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  Too High? 7 Things You Can Do To Descend Quickly

  In partnership with LIFT

  We've all been left a little too high to make a crossing restriction or a safe visual approach. Here's what you can do to descend quickly.

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 08/19/2021
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  Pilot Inadvertently Flies Through Prohibited Airspace

  Unlike restricted areas, prohibited areas are much harder to get permission to fly through. Here's what happened when one pilot flew through a prohibited area over the Bush Family Ranch in Texas...

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 08/14/2021
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  How To Get Your Instrument Rating, And Why You Should

  Do you want the flexibility of flying through clouds or the satisfaction of flying an instrument approach to 200 feet above the runway before landing? Here's how to get your instrument rating.

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 08/12/2021

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  How To Pick The Best Flight School For You

  In partnership with UND

  Figuring out how to become a professional pilot is a daunting task. Here's what you need to know about choosing the best flight school for you.

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 08/12/2021
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  5 Times ATC Will Give You Priority Handling

  In partnership with LIFT

  Do you know when ATC will give you priority over other aircraft? There's more to it than just emergency situations.

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 08/10/2021
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  How To Fly The Last SDF Instrument Approach In The USA

  In partnership with Bose

  The SDF instrument approach is the rarest approach in the USA, with only one example remaining in Morristown, TN. Do you know how to fly it?

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 08/07/2021
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  How Land And Hold Short Operations (LAHSO) Work

  In partnership with Republic

  Land and Hold Short (LAHSO) Operations allow ATC to clear a pilot to land and hold short of an intersecting runway, an intersecting taxiway, or some other designated point on a runway. Before you accept a LAHSO clearance, there are a few things you need to be very familiar with.

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 08/03/2021
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  How To Calculate Your Own VDP When An Instrument Approach Doesn't Have One

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

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 07/31/2021
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  How Airplane Cabin Pressurization Works

  In partnership with Republic

  At 40,000 feet, your time of useful consciousness is just a few seconds without pressurization. Here's how airplane cabins are pressurized to keep you safe and comfortable.

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 07/29/2021