Inspire

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Years ago, every young pilot wannabe had to learn and perform the180-degree power-off approach and landing to pass the private pilot checkride. The post A Lost Art: The Power-Off 180 Approach and Landing first appeared on Hangar Flying. It took a bit of practice, but most young pilots mastered the maneuver.

Approach 40

Approach Checkride Hangar Pilot 40

Air Facts

MAY 1, 2024

Learning to fly later in life is fun and rewarding if you approach it with the right mindset. You will most likely have to pull the plane out of a hangar or parking as well as put it back. Ask your instructor to include them along your journey so that when checkride time comes, you are not trying to get used to them again.

Checkride 91

Checkride Pilot Lift Air Traffic Control 91

Air Facts

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Because of this situation, I had to learn how to flight plan a flight of 1,120 nm up in the flight levels from Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania (KMPO), where the airplane is hangared, to Key West. You might recall that Steve had tricked his Designated Pilot Examiner during private Pilot his checkride, but got his license anyway.

Clearance 87

Clearance Airplanes Annual Inspection Pilot 87

Flight Training Central

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Most modern training airplanes provide a comfortable, warm cabin up in the air, even as the temperature approaches 0° F outside. If your flight needs to get out early in the morning, the airplane should be hangared overnight and pulled out just before departure.

Weather 52

Weather Runway Airplanes NOTAMs 52

Air Facts

DECEMBER 2, 2024

We often cruised back to IAD in the twilight haze, asking for a “practice” ILS approach to get back in. That November, I passed my commercial checkrides. Annabelle Fera, my commercial DPE, had conducted checkrides from Private to ATP for over 35 years before retiring in the ’90s. After each lesson, we’d schedule the next.

General Aviation 52

General Aviation Checkride Pilot Cockpit 52

Jetwhine

JANUARY 17, 2024

Cram enough L–39 knowledge and skill into my brain to pass a type-rating checkride. Only if a pilot chooses the complete course with a checkride is an instrument rating required. The L–39’s Fowler flaps are clearly visible during the preflight inside Gauntlet Warbird’s hangar at Aurora Municipal Airport (left).

Knot 52

Knot Rudder Pilot Jet 52