Carolin Widmann had to cradle her centuries-old, multimillion-dollar instrument during a flight to Germany. Her predicament ...

What are the biggest challenges new instrument students face? (February 2011) — Eric Radtke is an airline transport pilot, Gold Seal flight instructor, advanced ground instructor and NAFI-accredited ...

Daytime VFR flight legality depends on FAR 91.205, requiring specific functioning instruments (air speed indicator, altimeter, compass, etc.). A helpful mnemonic is "A TOMATO FLAMES" to remember them.

As a child, Curtis Erickson of Savage was fascinated with the air mail pilots who buzzed over his family's farm during the 1930s in Dawson, Minn. Erickson, a Minnesota aviation pioneer in ...