What to Do if You Get Lost While Flying
Getting lost while flying is something pilots dread, and we’ve probably all experienced it at some point – even in our own familiar flying area. It can be particularly common when flying to new...
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How to Get Back Into Flying
Are you a pilot who has let their flying slip by the wayside and are now wondering how to get back into it, or how to reignite that passion again? Too many private pilots...
10 Easy Steps to Learning a New Airfield
Are you planning on flying to a new airfield any time soon? Unless you’ve been doing this for years, it can easily become an intimidating experience to plan and fly somewhere you’ve never been...
You Got Your Pilot’s Licence. What Next?
Once you have gained your private pilot’s licence you should first pat yourself on the back for achieving your dreams and getting through the training. You have demonstrated that you can safely handle and...
How to Calculate Density Altitude and What Is It?
You may have heard about Density Altitude, or vaguely remember working it out as part of your pilot training or exams, but haven’t heard much about it since. What is Density Altitude? Density...
How Do Aircraft Shares Work
Buying an aircraft is an expensive thing to do. Most new pilots who have just suffered months of paying for lessons, exams and equipment will probably be a little out of pocket from the...
Pre-Flight Checks – What to Look For – Engine
In this series about performing your pre-flight checks properly, we started by looking at the external checks of the airframe. You can read that post here. In this second post we’ll still be outside,...
What to Do if Your Engine Fails After Takeoff
It’s the worst possible time for the worst possible thing to happen. You’ve just taken off from an airfield or airport runway, barely climbed to any altitude, and your engine clanks to a halt....
How to Fill in Your Pilot Logbook
If you’ve just started to fly, the pristine pilot logbook can appear rather daunting; if you’re an experienced aviator, its earmarked pages can look a little messy. The problem shared by both parties, more often...
Flying with passengers for the first time
After gaining your pilot’s licence and being given the freedom to take a plane and go fly places, one of the first things many of us do is invite the wife, kids, family or...
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