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Tag Archives: airlines
Getting back on the bicycle for the CFI and the Pilot…
Pilots ‘quit’ flying for as many reasons as there are grains of sand on a beach. Most of the time the priorities of life change and flying has to wait. Family, career, re-locations, job changes, and (oh yeah) money are all factors.
When the time comes for you to start back up again what should you do to prepare to get ‘back on the bicycle’? For the instructor, what should you do to facilitate the flyer’s desire to get back into […]
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“Preventive Maintenance and the Owner/Operator”
Come join us at the Aircraft Spruce & Specialty fly-in and super sale for an interesting and informative discussion on what pilots and owners can legally do as far as preventive maintenance on their aircraft is concerned.
King schools video: Cessna Training Series – Steep Turns
King Schools is in the business of providing aviation education and information and related products of the highest quality, sold and delivered through ethical and responsible marketing and outstanding customer service. Continue reading
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Hard Landing? It’s all in the eyes!
During the approach, flare, and touchdown, vision is very important. To provide good peripheral vision and good judgment of height and movement, the pilot’s head should assume a natural, straight-ahead position. The pilot’s visual focus should not be fixed on any one side or any one spot ahead of the airplane, but should be changing slowly from a point just over the airplane’s nose to the desired touchdown zone and back again, while maintaining a deliberate awareness of distance from […]
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“10 Things other pilots do wrong”.
10 Things Other Pilots Do Wrong.
1) Airport Airheads.
* Prop Blast.
* Blinding strobes at night.
* Thoughtless tactics. (Rental or flight school air craft)
-2000 RPM cold starts.
-Throttle slam.
-Unnecessary door slam.
*Blocking Taxiway. (This may be a problem, However do not allow the “Hurry up” mentality to cause you to skip a run up)
2) Pet Peeves
*Pilots not listening before calling. Just stop and listen!
*Too much position reporting.
*Too much chatting
3) Pattern Predicaments.
*Strung […]
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