What are the biggest challenges new instrument students face? (February 2011) — Eric Radtke is an airline transport pilot, Gold Seal flight instructor, advanced ground instructor and NAFI-accredited ...

As a child, Curtis Erickson of Savage was fascinated with the air mail pilots who buzzed over his family's farm during the 1930s in Dawson, Minn. Erickson, a Minnesota aviation pioneer in ...

OLATHE, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Garmin ® International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), is pleased to announce that the popular GI 275 electronic flight instrument has received European ...

Daytime VFR flight legality depends on FAR 91.205, requiring specific functioning instruments (air speed indicator, altimeter, compass, etc.). A helpful mnemonic is "A TOMATO FLAMES" to remember them.

The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 was the last American-built aircraft to feature an analog cockpit. The aircraft entered commercial service with Swissair in October 1980, and became a ...

If you've ever looked up at the night sky at the sound of a passing plane, you may have noticed a small blinking red light. That's called an anti-collision beacon, and while it might seem minor from ...

The pilot who flew Mr. Bryant and seven others through deteriorating weather was qualified to fly with the use of his instruments. But the company he worked for didn’t have the needed certification.

Her father emigrated from Norway when he was 16 and served in the U.S. Army during World War I. Her husband was a U.S Navy fighter pilot during World War II. One son served in the Marine Corps during ...

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