Back in the day, landing on a grass strip was a normal occurrence. Some people flew their entire lives without plopping their wheels onto concrete. Nowadays it seems that finding a soft surface can be problematic. We practice soft-field landing techniques but usually...
Accelerated Commercial Rating Is Here! As you know, IFR6 has been a phenomenal success from the very beginning, with a success rate approaching 99%. In the last 7 years, we have received numerous requests for an accelerated commercial course, and we are now happy to...
Don’t Like The Weather? Just Wait…Pilots watch weather- they are trained from the very start to assess weather, both current and forecast. Wind speed and direction, cloud cover, visibility, anything that might affect the safety of flight is carefully...
Sometime in February 2017, I was flying VFR into Beaufort Airport, a trip I have made numerous times- probably my third most visited airport over my flying career. Maybe it was over-familiarity, or I was distracted by my conversation with Beaufort MCAS, but no matter...
Runways and Radios One of the biggest fears that new pilots have is talking on the radio. I did the vast majority of my flight training at Mt. Pleasant Airport- LRO now but previously 8S5, or East Cooper Airport, a small aerodrome with an FBO and single CTAF, so I...