The first time I flew solo on an instrument flight in actual instrument conditions was the day I flew from Morristown to Teterboro, New Jersey, to take the check ride with an FAA examiner to add the ...

The "Moonless Night Letter" is an FAA legal interpretation allowing pilots to log "actual instrument flight conditions" when outside circumstances necessitate instrument use for aircraft control, even ...

As a child, Curtis Erickson of Savage was fascinated with the air mail pilots who buzzed over his family's farm during the 1930s in Dawson, Minn. Erickson, a Minnesota aviation pioneer in ...

The FAA talks about view-limiting devices being used during instrument training but doesn't fully explain why they are necessary. Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying ...

All airline pilots in the United States are required to hold an airline transport pilot certificate. To obtain this certificate, applicants must have at least 1,500 flight hours, 200 cross-country ...

Her father emigrated from Norway when he was 16 and served in the U.S. Army during World War I. Her husband was a U.S Navy fighter pilot during World War II. One son served in the Marine Corps during ...

The pilot who flew Mr. Bryant and seven others through deteriorating weather was qualified to fly with the use of his instruments. But the company he worked for didn’t have the needed certification.

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Why did the pilot of the helicopter ferrying Kobe Bryant and seven others Sunday morning fly under visual flight rules rather than relying on only his instruments designed to help him navigate through ...

NTSB investigator Carol Hogan examines wreckage Monday from a helicopter crash near Calabasas, California, that killed former NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and ...

At the beginning of World War II, we were simulating a phase of flying in a device known as the Link Trainer. This ingenious gadget was utilized by the Army Air Corps and Navy Aviation to help train ...