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  The Dangers Of Mountain Wave, And How To Avoid It

  Trapped lee waves propagate out horizontally, and they can extend hundreds of miles downwind of the mountain barrier that creates them. Here's how they form, and how you can avoid them.

  • • Article
  • Colin Cutler
  • 11/08/2025
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  Where's The Final Approach Fix On An ILS?

  Here's where you'll find it...

  • • Video
  • Boldmethod
  • 11/08/2025
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  Quiz: 5 Questions To See How Well You Know Special Use Airspace

  Knowledge of Special Use Airspace is essential for keeping you safe in flight. Let's see what you know!

  • • Quiz
  • Corey Komarec
  • 11/07/2025
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  Pass Your Instrument Checkride With Boldmethod's Instrument Course

  • • Article
  • Boldmethod
  • 07/10/2025

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  How Do You 'Establish Radio Communication'?

  • • Video
  • Boldmethod
  • 11/07/2025
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  Ice-Covered Pitot Tube Results In Low-Altitude Alert From ATC

  You're flying an ILS through icing conditions and your airspeed suddenly begins decreasing. Your pitot tube is covered in ice. What would you do? Here's what happened to this pilot.

  • • Article
  • Boldmethod
  • 11/06/2025
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  8 Steps To Make Your First Solo Landing Perfectly Smooth

  Your first solo flight? It's an experience you'll never forget...

  • • List
  • Corey Komarec
  • 11/06/2025
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  Missed Approach Criteria

  Here are the basics you need to meet when you go missed.

  • • Video
  • Boldmethod
  • 11/06/2025
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  Quiz: 6 Questions To See How Much You Know About Approach Charts

  How much do you know about them?

  • • Quiz
  • Boldmethod
  • 11/05/2025

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  Supercharge Your Flight Training With The All-New Boldmethod App

  Welcome to next-level flight training.

  • • Article
  • Boldmethod
  • 08/30/2023
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  How To Overcome Runway Width Illusion

  In partnership with ATP

  Here's how to ovecome it and make a great landing every time...

  • • Video
  • Boldmethod
  • 11/05/2025
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  Why Engine Fires Happen More Often In The Fall

  Fall flying means cold engine starts, especially early in the morning. And cold starts often lead to engine fires.

  • • Article
  • Colin Cutler
  • 11/04/2025
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  You Need To See At Least One Of These 10 Things To Land From An Instrument Approach

  If you've taken instrument training, you probably know that you need three things to land on an instrument approach (FAR 91.175):

  • • List
  • Corey Komarec
  • 11/04/2025
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  How To Use RNAV Substitution On A VOR Approach

  Here's how to do it and still meet the requirements of the AIM...

  • • Video
  • Boldmethod
  • 11/04/2025
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  Quiz: 6 Private Pilot Checkride Questions

  Could you pass a private pilot checkride today?

  • • Quiz
  • Corey Komarec
  • 11/03/2025