Uncivil Twilight — VFR Mastery Scenario

Uncivil Twilight

#88 | NOVEMBER 2025

It’s a short flight on a clear morning, departing just before sunrise. It’s one of those mornings where things are running well and the tower controller has time to banter on the radio. The only other traffic is an airplane on approach to a nearby airport—or so everyone thought. Now it’s dead ahead and landing.

Wally Moran

Wally Moran is a retired airline captain and spent much of his career as a training instructor and check airman on aircraft including the Boeing 747 and 767. He has held a flight instructor certificate for over 50 years. He is a former FAA DPE for airplanes from single engine to Multi-Engine ATP and gliders. Wally has been awarded the FAA Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award and is designated a Master CFI by the National Association of Flight Instructors. In 2017 Wally was elected to the NAFI Flight Instructor’s Hall of Fame.