The article differentiates between a "pilot with an instrument rating" (legal but often inexperienced) and an "instrument pilot" (highly proficient and comfortable in diverse, challenging IFR ...

The requirements for obtaining a commercial pilot certificate have changed, including the aircraft used for training and the demonstration of skills and knowledge. Complex aircraft are no longer ...

When I was in middle school, my mom and I were driving through a suburb of Chicago, when a small Cessna passed overhead. My mom, knowing my passion for Microsoft Flight Simulator was bordering on an ...

All airline pilots in the United States are required to hold an airline transport pilot certificate. To obtain this certificate, applicants must have at least 1,500 flight hours, 200 cross-country ...

The pilot of a plane that crashed earlier this month in West Virginia, resulting in his death and that of two other Lancaster County men, was flying in bad weather and wasn’t certified to fly by ...