UNIT SPOTLIGHT: Know Your Airport Signs and Markings
Misinterpreting airport signs and markings can lead to serious safety risks due to pilot errors. The AIRPORT unit in ARSim covers essential airport signage, lighting, and interactive quizzes to improve situational awareness and safety.
Maverick has Entered the Chat
Understanding pattern etiquette at an uncontrolled airport--including how to communicate with your fellow pilots--isn’t just about being polite; it’s about reducing accidents, protecting property, and saving lives.
Top 4 Reasons Why Dedicated Aviation Comms Training is Important to Pilots
For most pilots, communicating with ATC is not a skill that comes naturally, but if you want to get over your radio nerves faster, there is a secret: schedule in some dedicated comms training.
Enroll in FAA WINGS Program: Don’t Just Wing Your Comms Training
ARSim by PlaneEnglish can now earn you credit through the Federal Aviation Administration’s WINGS safety training program, a widely recognized program for helping pilots maintain and advance their currency and proficiency.
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How to Choose an Aviation Headset [Buying Guide for Pilots]
There are so many brands and styles of headsets to choose from plus a slew of features that can easily seem overwhelming at first. Check out PlaneEnglish's guide to purchasing your new aviation headset.
Understanding ATIS and METARs
Before you take off or land, knowing what’s happening currently on or close to the ground at your airport is essential to aviation safety, and you can access this information several ways.
Congrats, you’re a new pilot! Now, what is the next step?
You practiced steep turns, short field landings, and pilotage until you could do them in your sleep. Now that the sky, quite literally, is the limit, what do you do next?
