by John Zimmerman | Mar 15, 2025 | John's blog
Pilot’s Bucket List: 11 Must-Do Adventures After Earning Your Pilot’s License Air Facts Journal You worked hard, paid a lot of money and earned your pilot’s license. Congratulations! Now what do you do? It’s a question that comes up more often than most pilots care to...
by John Zimmerman | Feb 10, 2025 | John's blog
Who is the pilot in command of your aircraft? Air Facts Journal “The pilot in command of an aircraft is directly responsible for, and is the final authority as to, the operation of that aircraft.” FAR 91.3 is one of the simplest and best known federal aviation...
by John Zimmerman | Jan 14, 2025 | John's blog
The pros and the cons: Cirrus SR22 Air Facts Journal A note on the title: Last time I wrote about a particular airplane (the Cessna 210), I titled it “Why I love it, why I hate it.” In spite of my generally positive comments about the big Cessna single, some readers...
by John Zimmerman | Dec 6, 2024 | John's blog
Christmas reading list: 24 books for pilots to read in 2024 Air Facts Journal Back in 2018, I shared a list of 18 good aviation books, in the hopes that Air Facts readers might find a Christmas gift for the pilot on their list (or for themselves). Books are a great...
by John Zimmerman | Nov 12, 2024 | John's blog
Weather flying means learning to read clouds Air Facts Journal I had the privilege of working with Richard Collins for a decade, and in that time I learned an awful lot about weather flying. It’s not surprising—the man probably knew more about real world weather than...
by John Zimmerman | Sep 26, 2024 | John's blog
What’s wrong with the teardrop pattern entry Air Facts Journal Having solved the impossible turn and other manufactured crises, the aviation training industry (or at least some YouTubers and keyboard warriors) has now turned its attention to the teardrop pattern...
