Celestial navigation is one of the oldest forms of navigation dating back thousands of years. It can be as simple as following the North Star or as complex as measuring the angular distances between…
Dead reckoning is one of the most basic forms of navigation; you simply move in a known direction and record how far you travel going in that direction. Using your old location, you can now compute…
Trijets, airplanes with 3 jet engines, went from the majority of jet airliners in the 1980s to basically nonexistent today. What caused their initial popularity and their drastic decline? Join us on…
The ability to navigate using radio signals revolutionized aviation. It allowed pilots to automatically and continuously find their location in conditions of little or no visibility, such as a cloudy…
Most pilots are required to have a medical certificate. This certificate helps to verify that a pilot is healthy enough to safely pilot an airplane. While the medical certificate requirement is a very…
So you've decided to become a pilot. Choosing a flight school can be overwhelming. Every flight school has its own personality and style of teaching. You want to find the flight school that's the…
Happy New Years!Pilots are almost trying to improve their skill. Here at The Wing Wag, we are no different. Join me this week to discuss some of the ways in which I want to improve as an aviator, an…
Santa apologists, sometimes called full-flighters, have long held the belief that Santa himself delivers all the Christmas presents during a single flight around the entire world. My brother Matthew…
In this episode, I'm going to answer 5 questions that non-pilots always ask me: 1. What is causing all of the plane crashes recently? 2. What do you do if your engine dies in flight? 3. Is turbulence…
At first, the vast majority of general aviation aircraft were tailwheels. This all changed in the 1950s when tricycle gear (nosewheel) aircraft became the standard for general aviation. Now virtually…
