Episodes

Elena and Jonah prepare a daytime VFR flight. A failed display changes the airplane and its loading check, a runway closure changes the destination, and a stronger headwind leads to an early fuel stop. The delay cancels their gathering, so Elena replans a daylight flight home before sunset. The lesson connects Part 91 preflight and operating rules to those decisions.

Follow a private pilot's certificate, medical, aircraft, flight-review, passenger-currency, and expense-sharing checks for a proposed trip, then decide whether the pilot is proficient enough to make it.

Assess pilot fitness before departure, recognize aeromedical warning signs in flight, and choose an early landing when performance becomes uncertain.

Build a fuel-aware VFR cross-country plan, compare actual progress with the prediction, and execute an early diversion when weather and operating trends change.

A fictional daytime VFR flight uses VOR, GPS, TIS-B traffic information, and VFR radar services as cross-checks without turning any display or advisory into a substitute for visual flying.

A fictional daytime cross-country turns a current sectional, visual checkpoints, wind-corrected headings, groundspeed, and ETA into one practical navigation feedback loop.

A scenario-based lesson connecting airspace position, entry and communication requirements, aircraft equipment, VFR weather minimums, Special VFR, special use airspace, and other charted areas.

A scenario-led lesson on building a traffic picture at a nontowered airport, joining the established pattern, communicating on CTAF, and using visual scanning and right-of-way rules to create spacing early.

A scenario-led lesson on building a surface-position picture, translating taxi clearances, recognizing signs and markings, and using runway and taxiway lighting at day and night airports.

A route-based weather briefing lesson connecting observations, forecasts, advisories, and updates to practical preflight and continue-or-divert decisions.