The private pilot candidate was in the polish-up stages of his training. I was tasked with performing a mock check ride. He ...

The ICARUS Device is a smart, view-limiting device made of a PDLC film that the pilot wears in front of their eyes, either clamped onto a headset or clipped into a flight helmet. [Courtesy: ICARUS] ...

An Instrument Flight Rating (IFR) significantly enhances pilot safety and expands operational capabilities beyond Visual Flight Rules (VFR), enabling flight in Instrument Meteorological Conditions ...

The FAA talks about view-limiting devices being used during instrument training but doesn't fully explain why they are necessary. Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying ...

LYON—Elixir Aircraft, after having started Elixir two-seater deliveries to Airbus Flight Academy Europe in their new glass-cockpit version, is pressing on with the development of an instrument flight ...

The Instrument Pilot training struggle is real! I am at the beginning stages of my instrument rating pilot training and it has been a bit of a struggle. Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining but ...

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 ...

All airline pilots in the United States are required to hold an airline transport pilot certificate. To obtain this certificate, applicants must have at least 1,500 flight hours, 200 cross-country ...