Flight Training

“`html Who Actually Needs an Age Waiver and Up to What Age The Warrant Officer Flight Training selection board has gotten complicated with all the...

“`html What Vertigo Actually Feels Like in the Cockpit Military pilot vertigo has gotten complicated with all the misconceptions flying around. I spent three years...

“`html How the Military Pilot Hearing Test Works at MEPS I’ve sat through enough military medical evaluations to know that the hearing booth at MEPS...

“`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...