Latest news:
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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