What are the biggest challenges new instrument students face? (February 2011) — Eric Radtke is an airline transport pilot, Gold Seal flight instructor, advanced ground instructor and NAFI-accredited ...

Completing an instrument rating (IR) soon after a private pilot certificate significantly enhances a pilot's skills and understanding of flight, making VFR flying seem simpler by comparison. IR ...

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 ...

OLATHE, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Garmin ® International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), is pleased to announce that the popular GI 275 electronic flight instrument has received European ...

In this video, I do my first "instrument controlled" flight by wearing "foggles" during my ninth flight lesson. Foggles limit my ability to see outside of the plane, so I have to rely solely on the ...

The pilot who flew Mr. Bryant and seven others through deteriorating weather was qualified to fly with the use of his instruments. But the company he worked for didn’t have the needed certification.

Her father emigrated from Norway when he was 16 and served in the U.S. Army during World War I. Her husband was a U.S Navy fighter pilot during World War II. One son served in the Marine Corps during ...

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