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We believe that by sharing personal experiences we gain insight and become better pilots. So we created this website where students, seasoned pilots, and everyone in-between can share their experiences with aviation in an easy to read, beautiful way. Our hope is that you will follow our site, read these heartfelt articles and continue to become the safest, most proficient pilot possible.
Carrying out solo landings at KTRK

Flight Lesson Journal: With Landings, Consistency is Key

A CFI Drops Some Great Advice on a Low-Time Student Pilot- For ...

Luigi Pascale and the P2012 Traveller

Luigi Pascale: Remembering the Recently Passed Founder of Tecnam

According to Tecnam, between the aircraft the Pascale Brothers designed and built ...

cockpit view of horizon at dusk - Stall Prevention and Stall Training

Earning a Black Belt in Stall Prevention

Through Coordination and G-Force Sensitivity, You Too Can Earn Your Black Belt ...

A Cessna 172 Skyhawk, at KTRK, where a student pilot is learning proper emergency engine out procedure.

Flight Lesson Journal: Mayday Mayday! Practicing Engine Out Procedure

Diving into emergency landings and the engine out procedure in the Sierra ...

200th Tecnam P2006T delivered

200th Tecnam P2006T Twin Delivered

Tecnam says the key to the P2006T’s success has been a commitment to ...

The Cessna 172 Skyhawk after a student pilot made her unassisted first landing

Flight Lesson Journal: I Survived My First Landing!

A Student Pilot at Truckee-Tahoe Airport Hits Her First Big Pre-Solo Milestone: ...

The Jersey ATC tower - Senators and Mayors Voice Opposition to Privatizing Air Traffic Control

UPDATE: GA Groups Express Concern Over Privatizing Air Traffic Control

The groups feel that while modernizing ATC is a high priority, privatizing air traffic ...

crosswinds at truckee airport

Flight Lesson Journal: Dealing with Gusting Crosswinds and Low Approaches

In Which A Student Pilot Gets Blown Around Battling Crosswinds [This is ...

T-6 Texan on the runway using Advent eABS

Advent Anti-Skid Braking System Receives STC for T-6 Texan II

The Advent eABS is also currently in the certification process for the King Air ...

An R66 Helicopter in flight, in midnight blue

FAA Approves Inlet Barrier Filter For Robinson R66

Robinson says the R66 Inlet Barrier Filter is available on new aircraft ...