The instrument rating is proof that we’ve convinced an examiner that we can employ the skills and know the science – the rules, the procedures, the techniques – of flying by reference to the ...

All of this came together in a perfect learning moment on a recent training flight. We were simulating IFR, with myself, my student Jim, and another IFR student riding along in the back seat.

Learning an instrument can be simultaneously one of the most gratifying and frustrating tasks a person can attempt. The cognitive benefits learning music can provide are vast, as years of ...

Learning an instrument and dealing with stage fright were major growing pains of my childhood. Coming from East Germany, many people might assume the pain I suffered was under the East German ...