Some students arrive at their first flight lesson surprisingly comfortable in a cockpit. They understand the purpose of most instruments and generally know what most of the various knobs and switches ...

A study by the Flight Simulation Association (FSA) revealed that pilots who supplement their training with home flight simulation require 5.5 fewer flight training hours for certification and almost ...

The pilot had been missing for about a week, last seen taking off from an airport in Covington, Washington, heading home in his Piper Dakota to Puyallup, about 36 miles south of Seattle. Though he had ...