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How to Prevent inadvertent spins in flight with prevention techniques
Being an aircraft pilot can be frightening, but as long as you have the proper spin awareness training, you should be good. Most pilots out in the general aviation public that have never conducted...
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How to Perform textbook-style short-field approaches and landings as a pilot
One of the most integral parts to being a pilot is knowing when and how to land. And in short-field areas, some may find this tricky, depending on what type of aircrafts you're flying. This video...
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How to Perform textbook-style soft-field approaches and landings as a pilot
If you've figured out your short-field approaches and landings, then it's time to tackle "soft-field" approaches and landings. As a pilot, you need to be able to perform all types of landings, and you...
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How to Perform successful emergency situation approaches and landings as a pilot
Deep in every pilot's psyche there lies a remotely trained mental process, which is dedicated to solely aiding the pilot's reaction in a time critical emergency situation. Pilots inherently accept the...
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How to Standardize aircraft checklist procedures from preflight to postflight
Safety is everything, and for pilots, safety means checklists. Pilots need to develop a pre- and post-flight checklist for each different aircraft they are responsible for flying, to make sure...
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How to Use safety techniques during VFR departures on close, parallel runways
It's the pilot-in-command's responsibility to verify that throughout the entire departure leg, that the aircraft maintains a ground track that is aligned with the extended runway centerline. This can...
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How to Avoid dangerous runway tailstrikes in a Cessna 172 Skyhawk aircraft
This is something every pilot should know: tailstrikes. What are they? It's when the tail of your aircraft smacks (strikes) the runway, either during landing or takeoff. During takeoff with a...
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How to Use safety precautions and techniques to avoid wake turbulence in...
In 1998, a Beechcraft Baron was following a Boeing 757, with approximately 3 to 5 miles separation. Air Traffic Control warned the Baron pilot three times with the phrase the phrase pilots hear on a...
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How to Perform textbook-style normal approaches and landings as a pilot
As far as landings go, it seems that there is nothing more basic than a standard, normal approach and landing. Even the name suggests that this is a bland procedure of routine and mundane performance....
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How to Perform a standard non-precision approach and landing procedure in an...
A pilot that earns an instrument rating is a pilot that's mastered his or her flight skills to a level or precision and accuracy needed to safely fly an airplane through clouds, fog, and other adverse...
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Rocket-Powered Helicopter Drinks Hair Bleach, Emits Water
In the market for a personal helicopter but anxious about increasing your carbon footprint? Pick up a peroxide-powered single-seater like Avimech International's Dragonfly and chop till you drop....
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Real Life Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: World's First Wonkavator
Charlie, Willy Wonka and Grandpa Joe's soul-stirring ride in the Wonkavator (Wonka's glass-bottomed elevator) was one of the most magical moments of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. If you can't...
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How to Draw up a VFR flight plan
When flying, having a well constructed flight plan is the key to flying safely and effectively. This video will teach you how to calculate the perfect flight plan, research flight paths, traffic, and...
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The World's First Victorious Human-Powered Ornithopter
A major milestone in aviation occurred this past August, when the human-powered Snowbird, an aircraft made of carbon fiber and balsa wood, achieved the first successful flight of its kind. Though it...
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Space Tourism, Here We Come!
A family vacation to Mars might be in the not-too-distant horizon, with the first successful manned solo flight of Virgin Atlantic's VSS Enterprise this past Sunday morning. Taking off from the Mojave...
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Jetman Does Acrobatics in the Sky
Looks like Yves Rossy is getting better at flying (his previous stunt sent him plummeting into the Atlantic). Other than some slight initial engine trouble, last week's record breaking aerial loops...
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HowTo: Fly the Harrier Jump Jet (World's First Vertical Take Off Fighter)
The Harrier Jump Jet was designed by the British military in the '60s, noted for being the first successful vertical take-off jet fighter, powered by thrust vectoring. From the 2006 Miramar Air Show....
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How Area 51 Fooled the Soviets with Fake Spy Planes
Area 51 is the most secretive military base in the United States, a base that U.S. government officials to this day still barely acknowledge because of its top secret development and testing of...
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Martin Jetpack Climbs to 5,000 Feet Above Sea Level
As of right now, Guinness World Records claims that the highest human flight with a rocket belt is 152 feet, accomplished by Eric Scott in 2004. But they may need to update their records soon thanks...
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How to Launch a Glider - Aerotow
How a sailplane glider is launched into the air from being towed behind another aircraft (Aerotow). Step 1: Launching a Glider This narrated video shows how a glider is towed into the air behind a...
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