Taming Checkride Anxiety: How Preparation Beats the Nerves
AOPA says thorough preparation is the best cure for checkride anxiety - here's how to close knowledge gaps and manage nerves.
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TCAS, the Resolution Advisory, and the Automated Voice That Overrules Air Traffic Control When Two Airplanes Are Thirty Seconds From Hitting
Radio Hangar explores TCAS, the Resolution Advisory, and the Automated Voice That Overrules Air Traffic Control When Two Airplanes Are Thirty Seconds From Hitting.
VectorTen Ninety Versus Nine Seventy-Eight, the Two-Frequency ADS-B System America Built That No One Else Copied
Why the U.S. built ADS-B on two frequencies - 978 MHz and 1090 MHz - and what every pilot must know about traffic coverage.
VectorThe Aim Point on Final, the Spot in the Windscreen That Doesn't Move, and How Relative Motion Tells You You're Landing Long Before the Numbers Ever Do
Learn to find the fixed spot in your windscreen on final - the aim point that tells you where you'll land long before the numbers do.
PatternThe Air Force One Switch, the Boeing Seven Fifty-Seven Decoy, and What Presidential Airlift Really Looks Like Under Threat
A report says presidential security switched Air Force One aircraft twice, moving the president to a Boeing 757 to muddy a threat from Iran.
TowerThe Crosswind Landing, the Wing-Low Sideslip, and Why Applicants Let the Airplane Drift Right Before Touchdown
Master the crosswind landing: use aileron to hold the centerline and rudder to keep the nose straight, and stop the drift that busts checkrides.
PatternThe de Havilland Mosquito, the Wooden Wonder Built in Furniture Shops That Outran Every Fighter Sent to Catch Her
How the de Havilland Mosquito, built from wood in furniture shops, became WWII's fastest bomber and outran every fighter sent to catch it.
TaildraggerThe DECIDE Model, the Six-Step Loop You Run When the Weather Turns, and How to Break Plan Continuation Before It Breaks You
Learn the FAA's six-step DECIDE model and how to beat plan continuation bias before deteriorating weather makes the decision for you.
PatternThe First U.S. Flight on Electro-SAF and What Fuel Made From Waste Carbon Dioxide Means for the Rest of Us
An American Airlines flight became the first U.S. commercial flight on electro-SAF made from waste CO2 and renewable electricity.
TowerThe GAO FBO Fee Report and Why the Number You See Online Isn't the Number You Pay
Radio Hangar explores The GAO FBO Fee Report and Why the Number You See Online Isn't the Number You Pay.
TowerThe Maximum Elevation Figure, the Two Little Numbers in Every Grid Square on the Sectional, and How to Build Terrain Clearance Into a Cross-Country Before You Ever Leave the Ground
Learn how to read the Maximum Elevation Figure on a sectional chart and turn it into a safe VFR cruising altitude.
PatternThe METAR Remarks Section, the Coded Notes After RMK, and the Sea-Level Pressure, Peak Wind, and Pressure Tendency Most Pilots Fly Right Past
Learn to decode the METAR remarks after RMK - sea-level pressure, peak wind, and pressure tendency - for smarter go/no-go decisions.
PatternThe NASA X-59 and the Quiet Supersonic Bet to Turn the Sonic Boom Into a Thump
NASA's X-59 aims to soften the sonic boom into a quiet 'thump' and overturn the 1973 ban on overland supersonic flight.
VectorThe Partial Panel Failure, the Vacuum Pump That Dies Without Warning, and Flying Attitude on the Turn Coordinator and Whiskey Compass When the Attitude Indicator Lies to You
How to recognize a vacuum pump failure and fly partial panel using the turn coordinator and magnetic compass when the attitude indicator lies.
PatternThe Republic P Forty-Seven Thunderbolt, the Jug, the Eight-Ton Fighter Built Around a Turbosupercharger That Brought Its Pilots Home Full of Holes
The P-47 Thunderbolt, the heavy 'Jug,' was built around a turbosupercharger and became WWII's toughest fighter-bomber.
TaildraggerThe Spruce Goose, Howard Hughes' Hughes H Four Hercules, and the One Minute Off the Water at Long Beach That Silenced Everybody Who Called Her a Boondoggle
The story of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose, the wooden flying boat that flew just once in 1947 and outlived every critic.
TaildraggerThe Standard Weather Briefing on One Six Zero-Foot Ceilings, Reading a Real ADDS Package for a Short Cross-Country, and the Go No-Go You Build From Winds Aloft, TAFs, and AIRMET Sierra
Learn to build a complete VFR weather briefing and make a confident go/no-go decision using METARs, TAFs, winds aloft, and AIRMETs.
PatternThe Turkey Trip Aircraft Switch, the Catering-Truck Boarding, and What a Presidential Airplane Swap Actually Tells You About Airlift Security
A report says Trump switched to a Boeing C-32 via catering truck leaving Turkey - here's what presidential airlift means for your flight planning.
TowerVoyager, Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, and the Nine Days a Flying Fuel Tank Circled the Whole World Without a Single Drop From Anybody
How Voyager flew around the world nonstop and unrefueled in 1986, the last great milestone of atmospheric flight.
TaildraggerYe Olde Pub, Franz Stigler, and the Crippled B Seventeen a German Fighter Pilot Refused to Shoot Down Two Days Before Christmas
On December 20, 1943, German ace Franz Stigler refused to shoot down a crippled B-17 and escorted it to safety instead.
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