Navigator Not Required
The Circular Slide Rule, the Scale Ruler, the Protractor, the China Graph Pencil, the Paper Map are now all relics of the past. They have al
Paperless Cockpit
A few years ago in 2014, the worlds largest aviation map printing company, Jeppesen, announced that they would stop printing paper maps...
Speeds of a different kind
Yes, it is another non flying day in the life of a flying instructor. Too much rain, too much thinking about things and not enough time...
ZULU time to fly
The other day, while on a flight lesson, I gave my ETA to the ATC as 1145 zulu. My student asked me what is zulu time and why is it...
Atrocious RT
It used to be my fault that I did not teach my ab-intio students to use the aircraft radio from the first lesson. Because :- It is not...
Faster than Storms
One my latest flying tour returning from the Swiss and French Alpine valleys dappled with summer sunshine and strange accents on air...