Latest news:
11/2025: adjust your deceleration distances at hot 'n high fields
10/2025: finesse the GS Capture in the E175
10/2025: leaning made simple in the Cessna 172
10/2025: rework of the memory aids page
10/2025: new memory aids for upwind centerline control and Canadian speed limit compliance
9/2025: how we should fix NOTAMs
8/2025: Ace the circling approach on your IFR checkride
8/2025: Learn rules for weather deviations and shortcuts
7/2025: How to adjust your flare with different sink rates
7/2025: The underrated skill of taxi shorthand
7/2025: A pilot's guide to SFO
6/2025: The TAS/Mach relationship and useful approximations
6/2025: Avoid big problems using the click, look, twist technique.
5/2025: Learn how to make runway changes simple in the E175
5/2025: A pilot's guide to Sea-Tac Airport
3/2025: Planning descents when you get extended patterns
3/2025: Airworthiness mnemonics
2/2025: Learn about the OEI flow and memory jingle in the Seminole
1/2025: Airport Report: LDA 35 KSLC briefing tips
1/2025: Learn how the gravity tax affects OEI performance
1/2025: Master the dreaded OEI approach
12/2024: Make the most of Constant-Speed Props
12/2024: Briefing tips in jets
12/2024: How to Ace GA IFR Briefings
11/2024: How to calculate flare cutoffs in the E175
10/2024: Learn about landing the E175
9/2024: Learn about the five rules of weather.
7/2024: Learn about Vmca factors and the VMC Demo.
2/2024: Learn about how to stay in the energy box making slow flight easy, and techniques for IFR power settings in the 172
11/2023: Checkride and stage check tips

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