April 2010 Flying cross-country by visual flight rules is a far less precise endeavor than flying IFR (see Robert Goyer’s IFR Flight Prep: A Whole New Game April 2010 article for more info). As a ...

Eight days after closing the skies to private aircraft, the Federal Aviation Administration Wednesday night slightly lifted the restrictions, allowing small planes to fly in rural areas. But the ban ...

It starts with weather. A pilot knows where he wants to go VFR and the first step is to see if the weather will allow a flight along the route that, at this point, is just in his mind. The most direct ...