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Learning Garmin’s TXi

You just dropped a bundle of money on your panel upgrade that includes Garmin’s G500 TXi full EFIS complete with engine monitoring. Know how to use it?

Got It Covered?

Approaches with both GPS and VHF sources are common, so don’t forget how to use all your navigation functions. Sometimes you need ‘em all, and at the same time.

More Chart Reading

Learn some tips and tricks from a veteran aviation forecaster about what to look for on even those basic weather charts.

Too Safe?

Recently someone reached out to me to discuss Richard McSpadden’s accident. While I try not to be a Monday-morning quarterback, he asked general questions...

Download The Full November 2023 Issue PDF

  • ATC at AirVenture
  • Departures, Arrivals
  • Quiz: SIDs and STARs
  • Build YOur Own Sim, Pt. 5:
  • Details, Differences
  • Winter Troubles

IFR Clinic

Enduring a black-screen episode in flight, for those in the know, isn’t as bad as it sounds. While the thought of losing a moving...

ON THE AIR November 2023

A few years ago, I was flying to Henderson, Nevada, in our Cessna T206H with my wife, two daughters and one of their friends....

Yearly Isn’t Enough

Eight years ago I retired from Part 121 flying. I currently have plenty of time in my logbook. At the airline I was flying...

Briefing November 2023

Cirrus Certifies SR10 Trainer Cirrus has obtained U.S. type certification for a new trainer but it doesn’t seem likely it will produce the SR10 in...

Readback November 2023

Mood Music for Sim Challenge I always enjoy your Sim Challenges and often punish my students by loading them up in our sim. I particularly...

ATC at AirVenture

Have you flown into AirVenture? You’ve heard stories about the stressful mixed density of traffic across all performance levels with pilots of widely varying...

Departures, Arrivals

Every flight, even a VFR flight, has a departure procedure and an arrival procedure. On VFR flights that might just be make a left...