One of our student’s favorite cross country flights is from Eagle (KEGE) or Aspen (KASE) to the Canyon Lands airport (KCNY) near Moab, Utah. These photos were taken by one of our instructors…
Most pilots know the fact that atmosphere at high altitude is less dense than atmosphere at lower altitudes. They also know that warm atmosphere is less dense than cold atmosphere. Unfortunately, it seems…
Flying in the mountains offers a whole set of challenges to pilots. Even more so in small, general aviation aircraft. Really “small” is not so much the issue as is “slow.” A first…
Most of us remember the days of our private pilot training when we calculated the effect of winds aloft on a flight plan for a cross-country. We would get the winds aloft forecast…
