Commercial Pilot Checklist - Reducing Runway Incursions 
The following is the FAA guideline for commercial pilots about reducing runway incursions. As a flight training student, it is important to review this so you will have a better understanding of what a commercial pilot does. This guideline helps pilo...
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Flight School 101– All About the FAA
This is a continuing series of information for flight training students. The following article explains the purpose of the FAA, the history of the department and how it operates. It is important reading for flight students, pilots and everyone who is...
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Flight Training Fundamentals - Airplane Flying Handbook
This is a continuing series of information from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The following is an excerpt from the Airplane Flying Handbook. It provides basic knowledge for the flight training student as well as pilots seeking advanced p...
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Aviation Abbreviations That Every Flight School Student Needs to Know
These abbreviations are standard "words" that every commercial pilot knows and every flight school student needs to know. They will come in handy in flight school and they will be essential when you become a pilot.
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Flight Training Fundamentals - How Air Traffic Control Works
Air traffic controllers handle approximately 87,000 flights each day in the United States. That's about 64 million takeoffs and landings every year. There are over 14,000 air traffic controllers in the United States who make sure that the skies are s...
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Haiti Earthquake Relief Efforts Center Around An Aging Airport
The first wave of international aid began Thursday for earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Planes from around the world flew to the tiny country loaded with food, water, medicine, clothes and other emergency supplies.
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Flight Training Fundamentals - Aircraft Structure
There are a number of books and manuals you will be studying at flight training school. No book is more important than The Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge. This handbook is published by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Federal Government Stepping in to Fix Problems in the U.S. Airline Industry
The federal government is forming a blue-ribbon panel to try to assist the USA's airline industry, which has racked up substantial losses this past decade – according to a recent article by Dan Reed in USA Today. This is the third time the...
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Pilot Certification in the United States
Obtaining pilot certification in the United States is a complex series of tests and requirements. It is administered by FARs (or Federal Aviation Regulations) that are established by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA.)
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New FAA Guidelines for Pilot Flight Time, Rest and Fatigue
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has just proposed new flight, duty, and rest rules based on fatigue science to ensure that all pilots receive adequate rest. The FAA will issue this new proposal soon.
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