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This is incredible!

Agreed. I see it a lot, unfortunately.

Do a check of your TAS on your next trip. If the airspeed indicator doesn't have a TAS converter, you can do this on an E6B or with an app. If the TAS is normal, you may have a leaky static system. If the TAS is slow, something else is going on. Do you know what make and model of prop is...

Please go read the NTSB Safety Briefing on carburetor icing. The Piper POH guidance was directly criticized by NTSB as a contributor to several Piper carb ice-related accidents. So yes -- what I am saying in this instance is that you do disregard the POH guidance on carburetor heat because newer...

It's entitled "Don't Touch Carb Heat Until You've Seen This," which is a shameful attempt at "dispelling" a "rumor" that the carb heat shouldn't be used in Pipers, relying on an example of agricultural pilots who don't use it because they fly low near sediment and grass, a condition that does...

In all likelihood you won't be given a VOR intercept except one that is part of a VOR approach. Your approach to this is perfectly fine: Identify where you are from the VOR, then determine the best way to proceed. Options include navigating to a specific radial, tracking inbound to the station...

If you're scoring in the 90s on practice tests, just go ahead and take the real thing.

I highly recommend going up to the tower for a tour, either a scheduled visit or a walk-in if they allow it. That will help your understanding of their operation tremendously.

It's really not rocket science, but students are human and make irrational mistakes, many of which are triggered by their emotional state during their first few solos. FAA Aviation Instructors' Handbook:

Typically my students do need the additional time.

A full stop with a taxi back to the beginning of the runway is safer than a stop-and-go for the primary reason of recovering 800-1200 feet of usable runway for your next takeoff roll (in most trainers). A stop and go requires you to depart having lost 800-1,200 feet with none of the momentum of...

A YouTube pilot was wrong? Impossible.

Haha so true!

I've signed people off for checkrides with 6 DPEs among 3 FSDO districts. Can't say I've ever had a problem besides a need for more DPEs.

Page A-20 contains a list of the publications and their associated FAA product code. Secondly, you need to read each element of the ACS task in context. In terms of the one about "record keeping requirements," that is under Task A: Pilot Qualifications. The objective of the task is "To...

This is a stupidly simple issue, but an issue nonetheless. Every place where I've rented airplanes with optional wheel pants had two weight and balance sheets inside the airplane: one for wheel pants, and one without. This eliminated the entire problem of when Chief CFI wants the wheel pants off...

Yes, actually that is correct. There were a lot of vendors making them for the AT-SAT back when that was the test in use.

It's been around since 2014. There is no Gleim book for that or for the AT-SA, the aptitude test.

Hey Bman. Great question. Look up the FAA flight plan form. Fill it out. When you call 1-800-WX-BRIEF, press 1 for briefer, and speak your state (e.g. Texas) when prompted. When the briefer answers, tell him you'd like a standard weather briefing. He or she will say "go ahead." Start with Box 1...

Are there no clueless life-inexperienced over-31-year-olds?