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  Speed Restrictions Are Always Required On STAR Arrivals, Except When ATC Tells You This

  Even without a "descend via" clearance from ATC, speed restrictions still apply along STAR arrival routes. Here's why.

  • • Article
  • Swayne Martin
  • 11/16/2019
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  7 Physical Cues That Something Is Wrong With Your Airplane

  If this happens to you in-flight, pay close attention.

  • • List
  • Swayne Martin
  • 11/16/2019
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  The Hardest Aerodynamics Quiz You'll Take This Week

  Good luck!

  • • Quiz
  • Boldmethod
  • 11/15/2019
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  How To Immediately Improve Your Takeoffs and Landings

  Learn the techniques to perfect landings, and use them on your next flight!

  • • Article
  • Boldmethod
  • 11/13/2017

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  When Can You Cross 'Approach Hold-Short' Markings?

  Approach hold-short markings confused this flight crew into slamming the brakes during taxi. Here's what you should know before your next flight.

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 11/14/2019
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  8 Ways Icing Affects Your Aircraft

  Icing is hazardous to any aircraft, prop or jet. Here's why:

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  • Corey Komarec
  • 11/14/2019
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  Why Are True Airspeed And Indicated Airspeed Different?

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  True airspeed and indicated airspeed are rarely the same, but why?

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  • Boldmethod
  • 04/17/2018
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  How To Use VFR Flight Following

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  You have to request it, and the controller provides it if they have time.

  • • Article
  • Boldmethod
  • 10/14/2017
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  The Hardest IFR Quiz You'll Take This Week

  Good luck!

  • • Quiz
  • Colin Cutler
  • 11/13/2019

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  No Matter What You Fly, This Wake Turbulence Accident Could Happen To You

  The departure, en route, and descent phases of flight pose a unique risk when you're following aircraft miles ahead of you that you can't even see.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 11/12/2019
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  10 Mistakes You Never Want To Make On An Instrument Approach

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  Instrument approach procedures are meant to keep you safe in the clouds, but if you make a mistake, you're opening yourself up to risk.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 11/12/2019
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  Quiz: Are You Ready For An Aircraft Emergency?

  When things go wrong, are you prepared?

  • • Quiz
  • Colin Cutler
  • 11/11/2019
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  Unreliable ILS Signal Causes A Missed Approach

  Have you ever flown an ILS approach and had the localizer or glideslope jump back-and-forth erratically?

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 11/09/2019
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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:

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  • Colin Cutler
  • 11/09/2019
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  How To Get an IFR Clearance at a Non-Towered Airport

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  There are three different ways, and our latest video explains each of them.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 04/03/2018