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  The Two Types Of Mountain Waves

  • • Video
  • Boldmethod
  • 12/29/2025
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  Do You Need To Meet Stepdowns When You Go Visual On An Approach?

  When you break out of the clouds, do the stepdowns still apply?

  • • Video
  • Boldmethod
  • 12/28/2025
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  Rushed Preflight Leads To Cessna Taking Off With The Tow Bar Attached

  We'd all like to think that we spend as much time thoroughly pre-flighting on a frosty morning as we do in the middle of a beautiful July day.

  • • Article
  • Colin Cutler
  • 12/27/2025
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  Pass Your Instrument Checkride With Boldmethod's Instrument Course

  • • Article
  • Boldmethod
  • 07/10/2025

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  5 Ways To Join Final On An Instrument Approach

  Here are the most common ways you'll join final on an instrument approach.

  • • List
  • Boldmethod
  • 12/27/2025
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  What's a VFR On Top Clearance?

  Here's how to use it...

  • • Video
  • Boldmethod
  • 12/27/2025
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  Quiz: 6 Questions To See How Much You Know About VFR Sectional Charts

  How many do you know?

  • • Quiz
  • Corey Komarec
  • 12/26/2025
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  What Is Induced Drag?

  In partnership with ATP

  When you're heavy, clean, and slow...

  • • Video
  • Boldmethod
  • 12/26/2025
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  How Instrument Procedures And Fixes Are Named

  The FAA has come up with some pretty creative instrument procedures. How about the PIGLET arrival into Orlando, the Jimmy Falon victor airway, or the LEBRN (James) fix into Cleveland? We spoke to Denver Center to learn a little bit about the backstory behind the naming process.

  • • Article
  • Boldmethod
  • 12/25/2025

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  Supercharge Your Flight Training With The All-New Boldmethod App

  Welcome to next-level flight training.

  • • Article
  • Boldmethod
  • 08/30/2023
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  What Is Minimum Turning Altitude (MTA)?

  Here's what it is, and where you'll find it.

  • • Video
  • Boldmethod
  • 12/25/2025
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  Quiz: Can You Fly The North Pole RNAV Approach To Runway 18?

  Santa has a lot of flying to do tonight, and to finish it off, he needs to shoot the RNAV Rwy 18 approach to get home. Can you fly the approach as well as he can?

  • • Quiz
  • Colin Cutler
  • 12/24/2025
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  When Should You Reduce Power In The Pattern?

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

  • • Video
  • Boldmethod
  • 12/24/2025
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  What's The Maximum Safe Descent Rate On An Instrument Approach?

  Have you ever seen your descent rate exceed 1,000 feet per minute on an instrument approach? Here's why you should take corrective action if it happens.

  • • Article
  • Boldmethod
  • 12/23/2025
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  When Do Runway Edge Lights Change From White To Yellow?

  In partnership with ATP

  Here's how much runway you have left...

  • • Video
  • Boldmethod
  • 12/23/2025