AV Web

JANUARY 22, 2025

The airplane came to rest about 1600 feet from the Runway 31 threshold and about 250 feet right of the extended centerline. The accident airplane was the last one among a group of five, and two landings had been performed without incident. The private pilot was fatally injured. Subsequently, its pitch attitude increased.

Final Approach

Air Facts

MARCH 10, 2025

Their peripheral vision and hand-eye coordination barely work for pickleball, let alone landing an airplane.” Its true that the Private Pilot ACS now allows EFBs to be used on checkrides, but show up to a checkride with your nav log on an EFB, and you’ll get the same questions you’ll get with paper.

Checkride

Northstar VFR

MARCH 23, 2025

The go-around is a maneuver tested during your private pilot checkride. The standards set for the private pilot checkride are found in the Airman Certification Standards , Area of Operation IV: Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds, Task N: Go-Around/Rejected Landing. Wind shear can create landing hazards for all sizes of aircraft.

Pilot

Flight Training Central

JUNE 23, 2025

Here we’ll highlight the various maneuvers you’ll practice during your flight training and be expected to demonstrate during your Private Pilot checkride. One of the most valuable skills a pilot can develop, crosswind landings demand precise control and sound technique. The flight maneuver is from Sporty’s Learn to Fly Course.

Crosswind

Air Facts

JULY 15, 2024

I did a checkride in 30 knot winds in the flatlands of Kansas, almost straight down the runway. It felt like pushing it for that airplane, but checkrides are so hard to schedule I went. Several times I’ve landed smoothly in a strong crosswind, then had trouble keeping the airplane on the runway. How do you know?

Crosswind

Air Facts

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Next, every six months, captains must undergo a proficiency check in the simulator or airplane to ensure proficiency in all normal and emergency procedures. Simulators are preferred for these checks since many of the maneuvers are very dangerous in the airplane. Checkrides are serious business, and failures can results in termination.

Pilot

Northstar VFR

APRIL 21, 2024

So, knock out that Commercial checkride, and hopefully in a relatively fast timeline, start on the CFI prep. Step Two: FOI and FIA Written Exam Your CFI ticket is going to require two written exams : the Fundamentals of Instructing exam (FOI) and the Flight Instructor Airplane (FIA) exam. I ask them to teach me how an airplane flies.

Checkride

Air Facts

MAY 15, 2024

Sure, you can watch YouTube videos about airplanes and join social media groups to talk about flight training, but to actually earn a pilot certificate you must put the phone down and get in an airplane—with another person! In the airplane there are no cheat codes. Learning to fly is the ultimate “touch grass” experience.

Checkride

Pilot Institute

MAY 9, 2024

Lazy eights sound like the least challenging commercial checkride maneuver to learn. The higher speed creates extra lift, causing the airplane to bank further into the turn. The pilot’s job is to prevent the airplane from banking too quickly or too far. It’s just S-turns with climbs and descents, right?

Rudder

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

They are also one of the most feared maneuvers during the private pilot checkride. Will you need a crosswind correction? Airplanes with higher wing loading may need power all the way until the flare. If conducting a checkride, you might blow past the stopping point, which could result in a failure. Full flaps, 1.3

Weight-Shift-Control

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

Airbus FlySmart Airbus offers a collection of apps for pilots to assistwith performance planning, maintenance and other operational guidance when flying these airplanes. Bombardier Aerospace This collection of apps provides eLearning, operating procedures and maintenance utilities for operators of Bombardier jet airplanes.

Weather

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2024

Going into a checkride (or a grass strip) without solid soft field skills is asking for trouble. A faster, reduced-flaps approach improves aircraft control during strong crosswinds or gusts. Private Pilot and Commercial ACS Standards Are you preparing for your Private or Commercial Pilot checkride? Well, not exactly.

NOTAMs

Air Facts

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Empires of the Sky: Zeppelins, Airplanes, and Two Mens Epic Duel to Rule the World; by Alexander Rose. It seems obvious now that airplanes would win out over airships, but as Rose describes in this excellent book, it was hardly a foregone conclusion. Is that crosswind too strong? Tell that to the examiner on your next checkride.

Pilot

Pilot Institute

JUNE 26, 2024

For instance, if an aircraft is on the crosswind leg, they’ll ask you to extend the upwind If you don’t have the time, that’s okay. Private and Commercial Pilot ACS Standards During a checkride, you must perform a go-around. Radio Calls When you perform a go-around, you must inform ATC. The order is aviate, navigate, then communicate.

Wind Shear

Air Facts

AUGUST 26, 2024

Now it’s time to look at VFR pilots, and to spare you the suspense, the answer is similarly prosaic: loss of control on landing damages more airplanes than any other accident scenario. That means every day in the summer somewhere between two and five airplanes are damaged—just on landing! What can be done? First, some perspective.

Knot