Pilot's Life Blog
JUNE 24, 2025
We help verify that you’re ready before scheduling a checkride with an FAA examiner. Pass a practical test (checkride) with an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner, including oral and flight portions. We support you from the first lessons through the checkride with structured training that mirrors FAA standards.
Air Facts
MAY 5, 2025
After all, I had just aced my checkride. The hourly sequence report showed Springfield had a ceiling of 100 feet obscured, a visibility of 3/8 mile and fog with a surface temperature of 30 degrees F. The forecast at our arrival time at Jefferson City was for a ceiling of 1,200′ overcast with a visibility of four miles in fog.
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Pilot's Life Blog
JUNE 24, 2025
If you aim for compensation, float your checkride under FAA rules, or instruct in twins, the commercial multi-engine rating is non-negotiable. Performance Charts: Weight and balance, single-engine climb and service ceilings, engine-out landing distance. Each of these roles demands real-world proficiency in multi-engine operations.
Inflight Pilot Training
MARCH 30, 2025
Be Professional From your first preflight briefing to your last checkride, we emphasize structure, discipline, and decision-making. An Instrument Rating is an FAA certification that allows you to fly under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR). Safety Focused Safety is the foundation of every flight lesson.
Flight Training Central
MAY 25, 2024
This was my last dual cross country before my instrument rating checkride, and I was beginning to feel confident. But my flight instructor wasn’t wrong – if I would have been on a checkride, I would have failed. ” We went flying on a calm but very low IFR day, with ceilings below approach minimums at two local airports.
Air Facts
OCTOBER 30, 2024
One foggy morning out at Dulles, Charlie and I were waiting for the ceiling to improve so we could launch on an IFR training flight. Shortly after the Concorde sighting, Charlie signed me off for my checkride. Charlie scheduled my checkride with a local examiner. We even went up the day before the checkride.
Northstar VFR
OCTOBER 20, 2023
An Airmet Sierra is issued for Ceilings less than 1,000 ft and/or visibility less than 3 miles affecting 50% of the area as well as extensive mountain obscuration. Knowing what an Airmet or Sigmet is not only important because it will undoubtedly be on every checkride you take, it gives you a invaluable tool to use in real world flying.
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