Part of being a safe IFR pilot is conducting a proper instrument approach briefing. An approach plate is filled with critical information that you must know prior to shooting an approach. Wether you are a commercial pilot or a general aviation pilot y [...]
Over the last few years, I have had several debates with a pilot friend over the use of flight following and I don’t think we will ever agree 100%. My opinion is to use it always, where his opinion is, “if you’re flying VFR, it̵ [...]
Since as far back as he can remember, Nick Fancher has had a passion for flying. “When I was about five,” Nick recalls, “I flew in the backseat of a Cessna 172 with my cousin and thought, ‘this is really cool stuff.’” Nick went on to get his pilot’s li [...]