ATP Flight School has launched CheckrideCalendar.com, a free, no-cost web app designed to simplify the scheduling and management of checkrides for FAA Designated Pilot Examiners (DPEs). Through an ...

I've got the first part of my checkride completed! No I need to do the flight portion to get this license! In the meantime, I want to stay sharp! In this lesson, I fly with a different CFI to get used ...

Aidan Bedwell of Frederick passed his private pilot checkride on July 15. Aidan trained with Bravo Flight Training out of Frederick Municipal Airport. He is Hagerstown’s EAA Chapter 36’s second ...

You’ve spent countless hours preparing, and the nerves kick in, even if it’s your one-hundredth time doing this. Love it or hate it, check rides will be a part of your ongoing aviation career and it’s ...

The regional airline pilot shortage has led to a critical lack of Designated Pilot Examiners (DPEs), with numbers dropping from 1,500 to around 850, creating significant bottlenecks for pilot ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala. – For the graduating class of Army Aviation flight school, the final flight isn’t always just a checkride – it can be a journey through Army Aviation history with the Friends of Army ...

When I was getting ready for a check ride the other day, I mentioned to my primary instructor, Bill Ball, that I’d been nervous about it for the past day and a half. He nodded. After all, he’s a pilot ...