Higher Education
Traditional flight training from an independent flight school or large organization, such as FlightSafety International, is one route to collecting pilot ratings. But for…
K-12 Program Soars, Powered by SAFE Grant
Lisa Damian is a physics teacher at Camden Hills Regional High School, near Rockport, Maine. She was the recipient of the first SAFE K-12…
Night Moves: Darkness Adds Complexity
When I got my Private certificate in 1973 there was no requirement for night training, but you could fly at night. It just went…
The Value of Our Peer Instructors
As a brand new Certificated Flight Instructor (CFI), I had big ideas about how I was going to teach. I felt that how I…
Flight As Perspective
From stand-up comedian, Louis C.K.’s bit on “The Miracle of Flight,” I think anyone will understand the perspective of an aviator. In a short…
Balancing Act: Managing Aircraft Energy
The airplane is an amazing energy system—continuously transforming, transferring, distributing, storing, and exchanging various forms of energy as it moves through the air. Viewing…
Wolf Aviation Fund Joins SAFE eMagazine Sponsors
SAFE has received a grant from the Wolf Aviation Fund for continuing production and distribution of SAFE, the magazine. WAF was established in…
Teaching VMC-IMC: Right and Wrong
Pilots who inadvertently fly from VMC into IMC conditions quite often end up in a fatal accident. Anyone who has taken the time to…
Be Sure to Cover Documentation
Your signature in a pilot’s logbook serves as verification that you, as the CFI, have provided the required training. It also reflects on your…
Chairman’s Corner
by John Dorsey SAFE celebrated its fifth birthday a few months back. It was a quiet affair, a few friends, 10 in number, gathered…