Flight Training

“`html What Is Spatial Disorientation and Why It Kills Pilots Spatial disorientation has gotten complicated with all the training jargon and technical explanations flying around—but...

“`html What the Military Depth Perception Test Actually Measures As someone who’s spent years around military medical evaluation processes, I can tell you that most...

“`html Is Color Blindness an Automatic Pilot Disqualification Color blindness has gotten complicated with all the conflicting information flying around. The answer isn’t yes or...

“`html The Flight Surgeon Eval Is Not a Regular Physical I learned this the hard way. Back when I was considering military aviation, I assumed...

“`html The Short Answer Air Force, Navy, and Marine Pilots Need Can military pilots wear glasses during flight operations? Yes — all US military branches...

If you are tall or short and worried it will keep you out of a cockpit, here is the number that actually matters: your sitting...

The honest answer is: maybe — and the rule that made headlines in late 2024 probably does not mean what you think it means for...

Here is the short version: you can absolutely fly military aircraft after laser eye surgery, but whether you can depends almost entirely on which branch...

“`html T-7A vs T-38 — What Pilot Trainees Will Actually Fly Next I spent three years writing about Air Force pilot training before I realized...

“`html October 14, 1947 — The Flight That Changed Aviation The Chuck Yeager sound barrier story gets told constantly — by journalists, historians, documentary narrators...