With the best part of two decades in professional aviation under his belt, Nick Garrod is in a good place to offer some advice to those on the brink of embarking on a similar career path.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the most important lessons I learned as a student pilot came with my eyes closed. It was finding the location of the flight ...

Tim Lilley, the father of American Airlines Flight 5342 First Officer Sam Lilley, is a retired U.S. Army Black Hawk pilot and current commercial jet captain. I have flown military helicopters and ...

It's possible to become a U.S. certified pilot in just 12 days. With the help of certified flight instructor Etian Contreras, left, Matt Sloane, right, earned a special light sport pilot certificate, ...

This is my third flight lesson! During this lesson I try to do acending and decending turns and something called "stalls," which is slow flight with flaps extended. It's a way to practice controlling ...

“Things need to change,” warns John Stalick flatly. “You don’t send a low-time pilot out with just 450 hours of flight time behind her. You should have at least 1,000 hours. With 450, you’re just ...