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Ramblings about flying for fun and profit

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  • Another Problem With Flight Instruction

    There has been something of an uproar lately about the FAA changing questions in the knowledge test bank for a couple of their tests without telling anybody. It seems that this has resulted in an increase in the failure rate for those tests.  AOPA and NAFI, among others, are complaining to the FAA that the…

  • Cockpit Experience

    One of my readers (Craig) posted a comment recently that contains questions or comments that could generate probably a half dozen articles. Thanks! We’ve all heard of the changes to go into effect soon requiring a minimum of 1500 hours of experience before a pilot can fly as an airline pilot (captain or first officer).…