Flight reviews (FAR 61.56) are mandatory every 24 months for pilots to maintain privileges, often dreaded, and frequently rushed, leading to perfunctory checks rather than genuine skill verification.

Sometimes when a private pilot does flight planning, weather is an important part of the planning. Sometimes, no matter how well a pilot does cross country flight planning, the weather can be tricky.

For the first solo cross-country, CFIs often have learners fly to an airport previously visited with an instructor, where they must demonstrate PIC abilities, diverse navigation (pilotage, dead ...