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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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Tagged air, aircraft, airlines, airplane, ATP, aviation, Aviation Articles, business aviation, Corporate charter, flight instructor, flight school, flying, general aviation, pilot, pilots, pirvate pilot, plane
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The Commemorative Air Force
The Dixie Wing was approved as the 83rd CAF unit on February 28, 1987, and has since displayed its collection of vintage World War II aircraft in numerous air shows throughout the Southeast. The wing is a non-profit, tax-exempt “flying museum” that depends on contributions of time and funds to carry out its mission.
The LT-6 Mosquito
PT-26 Cornell
Commemorative Air Force
You can visit them on the web at http://dw.squawk1200.net/ and plan to see the […]
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American Flyers of Atlanta, GA
American Flyers of Atlanta, GA
For more then 70 years American Flyers has been training men and women from around the country to fly. In one of there 8 locations you are able to complete any course from the private pilot certificate to the Airline Transportation Professional (ATP). If you have always dreamed of a career in aviation but not sure if it’s for you, you can start your journey with an introductory flight. A certified flight instructor will put […]
Just how important is Business class aviation?
Just how important is business class aviation to your community? Consider the some facts.
FACT:
Business aviation contributes $150 billion to U.S. economic output, and employs more than 1.2 million people.
FACT:
The vast majority of general aviation aircraft used for business worldwide are manufactured, operated, serviced and maintained in the United States. Even the minority of those planes manufactured outside the U.S. are often “completed,” adding avionics, electronics, automation systems, engines, paint, interiors and other aircraft components manufactured here in the U.S.
FACT:
Business aircraft manufacture is […]
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