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Here’s the best advice that I can give you in preparation for your CFI checkride. Show up prepared to teach. If the designee/inspector is doing his or her job, then...

A friend recently took his first flight lesson at a Midwest flight school and paid $400 for 1.2 hours of dual instruction. Shocked? That’s what it cost him for a...

Doing and getting more with less!    This link takes you to a page where you can download a PDF of the FAA’s original private pilot syllabus published in 1971. This...

Why parents should let their children fly! Suppose I told you I could get your child to enthusiastically study geography, math, physics, chemistry, and psychology. After you had my head...