Training Tip: Working more and accomplishing less

A student pilot arriving at the cross-country destination is straining to pick the airport out of the glare six miles ahead when air traffic control issues instructions to report crossing a major highway at three miles out and to expect the...

Training Tip: Working more and accomplishing less

A student pilot arriving at the cross-country destination is straining to pick the airport out of the glare six miles ahead when air traffic control issues instructions to report crossing a major highway at three miles out and to expect the downwind for landing behind a turboprop. “Caution wake turbulence,” the air traffic controller adds.