Effective home flight simulators require realistic hardware that replicates the feel and function of real aircraft controls, reinforcing good habits rather than bad ones. Essential components for a ...

In 2001, Ezzie Smith took his first flight lesson. He was a freshman in college, and he was given the opportunity to learn at a monthlong flight program in Delaware through an ROTC course. Within ...

Some students arrive at their first flight lesson surprisingly comfortable in a cockpit. They understand the purpose of most instruments and generally know what most of the various knobs and switches ...