Flight Instructor Bob Stedman captures Milo Smith’s first experience entering the clouds on an instrument pilot training flight today.  His expression captures it all! Congrats, Milo! Share on:

These spectacular photos were forwarded in an email by our friend Doug Sutton.  They are of a fire tornado in the Outback of Australia.  I sent them on to our meteorologist instructor, Michael Cetinich and he responded with the following message: “Great photos, thanks for sharing. Actually, for those of us ...

In the beginning there was the stick and rudder and the pilots said, this is good. Then born was the autopilot and the pilots said, fun to play with but give me my stick and rudder. Then from high on Mt. FAA a voice was heard to say, use the autopilot whenever ...

It’s that time!  We lose an hour of sleep Sunday morning, but we get more evening flying time (not to mention golf!)  Be sure to set those clock ahead before bed on Saturday night.  Also remember that the conversion to/from Zulu time will be six hours instead of seven. How about ...

Last week the good folks from Cirrus Aircraft came out to look at our base location at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (KBJC.)  When they were done, they told us we are approved to be a Platinum Cirrus Training Center! The prestigious appointment recognizes IA as a training center that “epitomizes premium ...