From filling out paperwork to maintaining communication and constantly checking the instruments, the pilots are kept busy on ...

Cirrus Aircraft has introduced an Instrument Rating Program for Cirrus pilots as a way for pilots to enhance their flight skills. It also serves to further training progression toward those working ...

There’s no differentiation in the eyes of the FAA, but I’m going to make a distinction. Once a pilot adds an instrument rating, they’re legal to fly an ILS in blowing snow all the way to 200-foot ...

A Cessna 210 crossing the North Atlantic suffered a complete avionics failure while flying between northern Canada and Greenland, leaving the crew hundreds of miles from land with major systems ...

Step by painful step, pilots are learning how to land their aircraft in the foulest weather. Latest step: Hitching electronic landing systems to the automatic pilot, known to service pilots as “George ...

Sling Pilot Academy has transitioned to online ground school through Zoom. To give back to the community, the company is offering free daily instrument ground school to all who register. The ...

The article distinguishes between a "pilot with an instrument rating" (legal but potentially inexperienced) and a truly "instrument pilot" (highly proficient and comfortable in varied, challenging ...