US Aviation Academy has secured a 10-year contract worth $835m from the US Air Force (USAF) to provide Initial Pilot Training ...

Completing an instrument rating (IR) soon after a private pilot certificate significantly enhances a pilot's skills and understanding of flight, making VFR flying seem simpler by comparison. IR ...

The first time I flew solo on an instrument flight in actual instrument conditions was the day I flew from Morristown to Teterboro, New Jersey, to take the check ride with an FAA examiner to add the ...

Cirrus Aircraft, the company that created a new level of aviation safety in 1999 with the release of an airplane with a built-in parachute, followed years later by a Cirrus-specific private pilot ...

Cirrus Aircraft has introduced an Instrument Rating Program for Cirrus pilots as a way for pilots to enhance their flight skills. It also serves to further training progression toward those working ...

CONWAY -- As he prepared to take off, Kiefer Brothers looked to the skies. "Flying people, boxes, whatever, just put me in a plane, and let's go," said Brothers, a member of the first group with the ...