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Aviation

Aviation

Learn everything you want about Aviation with the wikiHow Aviation Category. Learn about topics such as How to Fly an Airplane, How to Make a Drone, How to Add TSA PreCheck to Southwest, and more with our helpful step-by-step instructions with photos and videos.

Articles about Aviation

How to

Fly an Airplane
Expert
How to

Make a Drone
How to

Add TSA PreCheck to Southwest
Expert
How to

Listen to Your Local Air Traffic Control
How to

Identify a Boeing from an Airbus
How to

Navigate Using a VOR
How to

Get on the Delta Standby List
Expert
How to

Build an Airplane
How to

Survive a Plane Crash
How to

Read an Aviation Routine Weather Report (METAR)
How to

Fly a Helicopter
How to

Land an Airplane in an Emergency
Expert
How to

Fly a Cessna
How to

Land a Cessna 172
How to

Find Out Which Planes Are Flying Overhead
How to

Calculate Aircraft Payload
How to

Understand US Military Aircraft Designations
How to

Become a Helicopter Pilot
Expert
How to

Take off in a Cessna 172
How to

Identify an Airbus A320 Family Aircraft
How to

Get Your FCC General Radiotelephone Operator License at Home
How to

Fly a Holding Pattern
How to

Fly a Small Drone
How to

Fly a Hot Air Balloon
How to

Track a Flight in Progress
How to

Get a Private Pilot's License (General)
How to

Land a Boeing 747
How to

Spin and Recover a Cessna 150
How to

Prepare Yourself for Your First Flight
Expert
How to

Control a Drone
How to

Use a Graphic Flight Computer to Find Ground Speed and True Heading
How to

Build a Grass Landing Strip
How to

Prepare to Fly an Airplane in an Emergency
How to

Start the Engine of a Cessna 150
How to

Be an Aircraft Spotter
How to

Repair Minor Aircraft Skin Damage
How to

Get a Private Pilot’s License (USA)
How to

Identify a McDonnell Douglas
How to

Fly a Cessna 310
How to

Execute a Go Around in a Cessna 172