It's officially winter. With snow and ice covering runways around the country, it's a good time to review how runway condition codes work, and what you should do if you're landing on a contaminated runway.
As a private pilot (or higher), you can perform 'preventive maintenance' on your plane. But what parts of your plane can you fix? It's time to find out...
We've all flown with pilots that take either 10 minutes or 10 seconds to brief an approach. Both extremes make it difficult to remember the most important details. Here's what you need to cover.