What Planes Can You Fly Without a Pilot License?
It is a commonly known fact that you need a pilot’s license in order to fly airplanes. However, what is not as commonly known is that not all aircraft require a license to fly. Indeed, unbeknownst to most people, there are certain aircraft that you are allowed to fly, without first obtaining a pilot license. […]
Can pilots let passengers fly the airplane?
Let’s say you’ve got your private pilot license, or even your commercial pilot license, and you are bringing a passenger, who is sitting in the front seat alongside you. Let’s say, just for the fun of it, you would like to give your passenger a taste of what it is like to fly an airplane. […]
How Can Pilots Make Their Passengers Comfortable In Flight?
Once you get your private pilot license, you no doubt will be looking to share your love of flying with your family or friends. You’ve got the bragging rights to having joined the ranks of an exclusive community of aviators. So it’s only natural that you would be itching to show off your newly minted […]
What does VFR Flight Following Provide?
VFR flight following can make the difference between a good VFR flight and a great VFR flight experience. While it is entirely optional, it can serve as a boon for pilots looking for increased safety and navigational guidance during VFR flight. VFR flight following is an opt-in service for VFR pilots, whereby Air Traffic Control […]
What do you do if you get lost while flying?
In this day and age, with all of the advances in modern technology at our disposal, such as GPS and electronic navigation systems, it may seem incredulous that pilots could still lose their bearings and get lost while flying. However, it can and still does happen, believe it or not. Sometimes it is due to […]
Is The WINGS Program Worth It?
The aviation community is divided into two camps on the issue of flight proficiency: There are those who favor the biennial flight review (BFR), and there are those who favor the WINGS Program. The promotion of the WINGS Program as an alternative to the traditional BFR is the subject of debate amongst aviation circles. The […]
Can You Fail A Biennial Flight Review?
The biennial flight review can be a veritable cause of trepidation for many pilots. This is particularly the case for those pilots who haven’t flown in a while and who might be a tad bit rusty with respect to both their knowledge and with respect to their practical experience in the cockpit. If this describes […]
Can People With ADHD Become Pilots?
On face value, ADHD can be perceived, by many medical professionals, as a clinical condition that intrinsically impairs a pilot’s fitness to fly. While there may justifiably be grounds under which ADHD may render a pilot medically unqualified to fly, the question remains as to whether or not it is truly as debilitating as it […]
Can You Be A Pilot With A Thyroid Problem?
Thyroid problems have been a perennial question mark with respect to a pilot’s fitness to fly, since the early days of FAA medical standards enforcement. Hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism specifically have been targeted and singled out as medical conditions that require some degree of heightened scrutiny when pilots seek to obtain their medical certification. While the FAA’s […]
Can You Become A Pilot With High Blood Pressure?
Hypertension, being the potentially debilitating disease that it is, garners a great deal of scrutiny, when it comes to a pilot’s physical well-being and capacity to operate an aircraft safely without posing a risk to passengers in the air, as well as to people and property on the ground. Known for its efforts at strictly […]