Can you make it through this flight?

You're about to make your initial call to ATC. What exactly should you say?

Yes, these are real terms.

Are you prepared to make an off-field landing along your entire route of flight?

During a power off landing, you're faced with some serious decisions.

Let's get this started...

What do tower controllers really want you to know? We talked to Kyle Beamsderfer, a tower controller at Colorado Springs airport, to find out...

Flying somewhere new? Here are 10 tips to make sure you're ready.

When the weather gets hot, these rules-of-thumb can help.

IFR pilots face their own set of unique weather hazards. Here are some of the worst you could encounter.

There's a big difference between ATC issuing you an "immediate" vs. "best rate" descent. Here's what you should know about ATC phraseology.

If your elevator trim jams or stops responding, here's how to handle it from cruise flight to landing.

Say again?

If you want some love from ATC on your next flight, memorize these tips.

There's a big difference between being assigned "fly runway heading" and flying a runway track, or the extended runway centerline, on departure.

You always see regulations and tips for lost comm under IFR...but what about losing comm on a VFR flight?

If you've flown an airplane with an autopilot, here are some of the best times to use it.

Let's get started...

If you've ever flown into a non-towered airport on a calm wind day, you've probably wondered which runway you should use. Here's how confusion nearly led to a head-on collision.

You can't control the weather, but you can safely operate around it.

Good luck!

Almost all aircraft have something called washout built into their wings, and it makes them more stable in a stall.

See how many of these terms from the Pilot/Controller Glossary you can get right...

A functional autopilot in solid IMC takes work off your shoulders. To do it well, use these 10 tips.

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?

Before you key the mic...

You use your radio for every flight, but did you know this?

Good luck!

What should you do when ATC says...

You're flying an ILS through icing conditions and your airspeed suddenly begins decreasing. Your pitot tube is covered in ice. What would you do? Here's what happened to this pilot.

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

Eventually, everyone gets stuck in a holding pattern. For weather. For traffic. For mass gate confusion. So, are you ready?

Good luck!

Most jets are thrust limited and can't get there. But if you can...

Fall weather is a mixed bag. Are you ready to handle it?

Let's face it, most passengers are pretty nervous the first time they set foot in a small aircraft.

Let's get this checkride started...

Say again?

It's a big part of being a commercial pilot...

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.

Good luck!

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?

ATC has the ability to dedicate the most time and resources to you once you've declared an emergency. Don't delay, especially in these 6 situations.

Here's what's happening in the tower.

Heber Valley airport in Utah is surrounded by mountains, and the close-in terrain requires some planning to make sure we have room to descend, enter the pattern, and still maintain our pattern speeds and power settings all the way to touchdown. Check it out.

At some point, we've all felt a little uncomfortable flying into a new airport, and in this video, we're headed to Hopkins Field for the first time. Check it out.

Have you ever misunderstood or misread a clearance? Here's how one mistake nearly lead to a CFIT accident.

Ever plan to fly into a Class B airport? Well, you should probably get used to these...

When can you go below MDA or DA on an approach?

What different ways can you find cloud top heights for an IFR flight?

Spatial disorientation is the lead killer of pilots. More than mechanical failures, fires, and medical emergencies.

Have you ever gotten caught in a strong updraft? Here's what can happen.

Instrument approach procedures are meant to keep you safe in the clouds, but if you make a mistake, you're opening yourself up to risk.

What are the most common IFR question topics we've gotten this month? They're procedure turns, holding, climb gradients, and STAR arrivals.

What are the most common night flying illusions? What currency do you need to carry passengers?

What do all those symbols mean on an IFR enroute chart?

How should you lean your engine? Is it OK to run at peak EGT, or should you always run rich of peak?

Delays are an inevitable part of being a pilot, and there's a lot that goes on behind the scenes when you're given an ATC delay. Here's what you should know about how it works, and the terminology you should use with air traffic controllers.

EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI starts up today. Here's what you need to know.

Where exactly are the cloud tops?

You called ATC, and then you waited. And waited. And you didn't get an answer back.

Cloud top heights have always been hard to find. We have lots of information about cloud bases: METARs, AWOS, TAFs, and Pilot Reports. When the weather's low, it's fairly easy to identify the cloud bases. But when icing's a concern, we're more focused on cloud tops, and those are hard to predict.

Here are 10 statistically proven methods of reducing your chances of an accident.

Think the jet in the picture above looks pretty close?

You just lost your radios. What's next?

True airspeed and indicated airspeed are rarely the same, but why?

There are three different ways, and our latest video explains each of them.

How high (or low) should you go?

You have to request it, and the controller provides it if they have time.

Before you go, make sure you have a plan.

There's no need to be at excessive airspeeds when approaching an airport, especially a busy one.

We're in Aspen, departing on an IFR flight plan. During startup, our transponder stops working.

This should have been an easy flight.