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First instrument flight mastering avionics & wind control

Beginning My Instrument Rating Journey! | Piper Cherokee 235 Training with CFII Vanessa. Today marks the official start of my instrument rating journey, and wow… it’s already proving to be both ...
Flying

Learning to Use an IFR Rating

The first time I flew solo on an instrument flight in actual instrument conditions was the day I flew from Morristown to Teterboro, New Jersey, to take the check ride with an FAA examiner to add the ...
Aviation Week

Cessna Adds New Instrument-Pilot Course To Cessna Flight Training System

Cessna recently added a new instrument-pilot course to its Cessna Flight Training System. The web-based course will be available through the company’s network of Cessna Pilot Centers (CPCs) later this ...
Flying

Can a Pilot Use Special VFR at Night?

Special VFR (SVFR) allows private pilots without an instrument rating to operate in or out of an airport when weather conditions are below standard VFR minimums. To utilize SVFR, ground visibility ...
Star Tribune

Curt Erickson pioneered training in instrument-flying

As a child, Curtis Erickson of Savage was fascinated with the air mail pilots who buzzed over his family's farm during the 1930s in Dawson, Minn. Erickson, a Minnesota aviation pioneer in ...