by Will | Jun 22, 2015 | Low Altitude Chart, Video Lessons
This lesson is a quick overview of the airway system in the United States. Airways are the “highways in the sky” that connect each point in the United States. Airways tell air traffic controllers where we are going and how we are going to get there....
by Will | Mar 15, 2014 | Video Lessons
John wrote to us on our website to ask how he would file a flight plan from an airport that did not have a Standard Instrument Departure Procedure since most airports do not have a Standard Instrument Departure or SID. In this lesson we take a look at how you would...
by Will | Nov 7, 2013 | Video Lessons
Note: This lesson uses a 2-4 degree rule of thumb for adjusting heading and radial. I know that the often taught method is “twist 10 turn 10” but for this lesson I chose to use the method outlined in the Instrument Flying Handbook just for standardization....
by Will | Oct 28, 2013 | Scenario Training
A light drizzle was falling from the low overcast layer. The Charleston, West Virginia tower was reporting VFR, but it was a day no one really wanted to be out flying. Our pilot had just flown his Cessna 172 in from Upstate New York and was making a quick fuel stop...
by Will | Oct 28, 2013 | FAR / AIM
Class B airspace is the most complex type of controlled airspace. The purpose of Class B airspace to create a safe area for busy airports, that is free of most VFR general aviation traffic. a. Definition. Generally, that airspace from the surface to 10,000 feet MSL...
