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  The 5 Most Common Checkride Failures For Private Pilots

  Checkrides can be stressful, especially if it's your first one. But there's good news: a lot of other people have taken them, and you can learn from their mistakes.

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  • Colin Cutler
  • 10/19/2019
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  The Hardest VFR Quiz You'll Take This Month

  Nobody said this was going to be easy...

  • • Quiz
  • Colin Cutler
  • 10/18/2019
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  Why Landing Too Fast Can Lead To A Wheelbarrowing Accident

  Remember these tips to avoid a similar situation happening to you.

  • • Article
  • Swayne Martin
  • 10/17/2019
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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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  7 Ways To Pick Up Your IFR Clearance At A Non-Towered Airport

  Here are 7 ways to get it done.

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  • Boldmethod
  • 10/17/2019
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  Quiz: Do You Know These 6 Common IFR Enroute Chart Symbols?

  Ready? Let's get started...

  • • Quiz
  • Colin Cutler
  • 10/16/2019
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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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  Your Throttle Is Stuck At Full Power. What Would You Do?

  You're on final descent and as you pull the throttle back, the power stays high and can't be adjusted.

  • • Article
  • Boldmethod
  • 10/15/2019

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  5 Ways To Join Final On An Instrument Approach

  Here are the most common ways you'll join final on an instrument approach.

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  • Swayne Martin
  • 10/15/2019
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  Can You Make It Through This Quiz Without A Violation?

  How well do you know the FARs?

  • • Quiz
  • Colin Cutler
  • 10/14/2019
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  Boldmethod Live, Oct 15th: Night Flying, And Our Top 4 IFR Questions This Month

  • • Article
  • Boldmethod
  • 10/12/2019
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  How DME Works

  You'll usually find DME equipment co-located with a VOR or ILS/LOC.

  • • Article
  • Swayne Martin
  • 10/12/2019
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  6 Things To Learn From The Best Commercial Pilots

  There's a lot you'll learn from pilots who have flown commercially for years...

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  • Boldmethod
  • 10/12/2019
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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