I am steadily working on my instrument rating. Being an instrument rating student pilot has been a tremendous challenge. I ...

Austin Meyer developed X-Plane flight simulation software due to personal frustration with achieving IFR pilot proficiency, aiming to create a highly optimized instrument training tool based on ...

Max Trescott was the 2008 National Certified Flight Instructor of the Year. Based in Palo Alto, California, he publishes aviation books and software, including Max Trescott’s GPS and WAAS Instrument ...

The Instant IFR Training Glasses are designed to simulate actual IFR conditions for instrument training. The precision frosting and wrap-around design helps prevent cheating. The glasses have ...

A new FAA rule increases to 20 hr. the amount of aviation training device (ATD) time pilots may count toward an instrument rating. The final rule will take effect Jan. 17. It restores training ...

The FAA talks about view-limiting devices being used during instrument training but doesn't fully explain why they are necessary. Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying ...

Hayes Handpiece is now offering free instrument maintenance training in cities across the U.S. Hayes has 85 locations, and most are offering this service to dentists and oral surgeons in a 30-minute ...

The equally tragic helicopter crash involving basketball superstar Kobe Bryant was a very different kind of accident. This helicopter was not certified for flight under IFR (instrument flight rules) ...

As a child, Curtis Erickson of Savage was fascinated with the air mail pilots who buzzed over his family's farm during the 1930s in Dawson, Minn. Erickson, a Minnesota aviation pioneer in ...