The T-6 Texan is an ideal teacher’s airplane: it doesn’t coddle new students, nor does it punish them relentlessly.
Humanity has long dreamt about flying, and now that we can do it easily, many kids and adults still dream about becoming a pilot. While more accessible today than ever before, for many getting a pilot ...
You’ve picked up this issue of FLYING for a kaleidoscope of reasons. But whether you are an active or pending pilot, or you want to learn to fly, chances are you know someone who could use a little ...
Learning to talk on the radio and be comfortable with it is one of the more challenging aspects of learning to fly. Most pilots fall into one of two camps: If they trained at a towered airport, they ...
ORLANDO, Fla. — There is a popular way of learning to fly but it has nothing to do with an airplane. Paramotoring is where a motor is strapped to a pilot’s back — like a backpack — along with a ...