Learning to fly can be one of the most challenging, yet rewarding activities you may ever partake upon in your life. One of the most important decisions you will make about your flying career is choosing the right flight school. Sometimes this is not so easy, as you may only have one or two flight Read More…
Before being allowed first officer privileges in an airliner, one must get an ATP (Airline Transport Pilot) certificate, which requires 1500 flight hours, among other requirements. With that said, is there a way to get into the right seat without 1500 hours? Yes, with the R-ATP, or Restricted Airline Transport Pilot certificate. Under certain circumstances, Read More…
I have been meaning to get around to posting a full review of my experience attending ATP Flight School for a long time, but have been sidetracked for one reason or another. Now that I work from home, I have the time to write ridiculously long blog posts such as this one. It has been Read More…
Airport lighting, to be used to guide and inform pilots, can vary widely from one airport to the next. First, high-volume commercial and international airports have a variety of lighting systems to guide aircraft to the touchdown point, and to control ground traffic approaching the runways via taxiways. Smaller municipal, county, and private airports will Read More…