Weichers said most students are ready to fly by themselves after about 60 hours of flight time, with 40 hours considered the ...

With the best part of two decades in professional aviation under his belt, Nick Garrod is in a good place to offer some advice to those on the brink of embarking on a similar career path.

In 2001, Ezzie Smith took his first flight lesson. He was a freshman in college, and he was given the opportunity to learn at a monthlong flight program in Delaware through an ROTC course. Within ...