Finalizing some alignment of sport pilot testing standards as a result of recent MOSAIC regulatory changes, the FAA has released updated Practical Test Standards for Sport Pilot certification efforts. The following sport pilot PTS documents are now available: FAA-S-8081-29B, Sport … Continue reading
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Every CFI already has an instructional method drilled into them from ground school: the FAA’s demonstration-performance method. It’s in the Aviation Instructor’s Handbook, it’s on the FOI knowledge test, and most of us can recite its shape from memory — … Continue reading
Tired of the TAF telling you you probably won’t get to fly today? Or just being wrong? Well, I can’t tell you the non-FAA-Adjacent TAF(ish) Forecasting TAF-O-Matic Tool will give better information, but it will be more fun and at … Continue reading
Just a landing and then takeoff on Put in Bay where we flew the Stinson this past weekend for a little antique airplane getaway. Landing at Put in Bay (3W2) in a Stinson 108-1 on runway 3 on 09-10-2026 Takeoff … Continue reading