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You’re supposed to say the first part of this to all passengers, especially examiners. The last part just makes sense to me. As PIC I am responsible for the safety of the passengers and the safe operation of the aircraft. Please keep your seatbelt tightly fastened at all times during the flight. The harness slides [...]

Runway Heading The magnetic direction that corresponds with the runway centerline extended, not the painted runway numbers on the runway. Pilots cleared to “fly or maintain runway heading” are expected to fly or maintain the published heading that corresponds with the extended centerline of the departure runway (until otherwise instructed by ATC), and are not [...]

The FAA updated the Sample Airman Knowledge Test Questions on June 13, 2011. The question bank for Private, Instrument, Commercial, CFI, and Light Sport have new dates. The previous dates were January 31, 2011. There is no difference between the Private Pilot questions or answers for the two dates. I check the site fairly frequently [...]

One of the students was supposed to do a night cross-country and I wondered if he’d gone or if the fog kept him on the ground. So I headed over to Fight Aware to check out his progress. I guess he had a heckava tail wind.