Pilot guides
What training actually looks like: aircraft, simulator and syllabus.
Training & Fleet
Planning a route, flying it, and coping when the forecast wind turns out to be a forecast. The phase where command judgement is actually built.
Read the guide: Night Flying and Cross-Country Navigation in Commercial Pilot TrainingTraining & Fleet
Effects of controls, circuits repeated until they are consistent, and the twenty minutes when the seat beside you is empty for the first time.
Read the guide: Your First Solo: What the Early Weeks of Flight Training Are Really LikeTraining & Fleet
Not 200 hours of the same thing. How the flying phase is built, what each block of hours is for, and why a one-hour sortie takes…
Read the guide: The 200 Flying Hours: How Commercial Pilot Licence Flight Training Is StructuredTraining & Fleet
The single is not a stepping stone to be got through. What the Skyhawk builds, what the twin tests, and why the order they come in…
Read the guide: Cessna 172 and Diamond DA42: What Each Teaches YouTraining & Fleet
Simulator hours are not the boring part of a programme. They are where instrument flying is genuinely learned, and where failures can be practised safely and…
Read the guide: What Flight and Navigation Procedures Trainer (FNPT II) Simulator Training Adds to Your LicenceTraining & Fleet
Upset Prevention and Recovery Training is a structured response to loss of control in flight. Here is what an upset is, why prevention comes first, and…
Read the guide: What Is Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT), and Why Do Airlines Ask About It?
