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Location: Near Reno-Tahoe International Airport, Nevada Aircraft: 1981 Beechcraft Bonanza A36 Pilot: 73 years old Over 11,300 hours of flight time Holds instrument, commercial, and flight instructor ratings. Weather: Few clouds around 10,000 AGL Visibility greater than 10 miles Winds out of the west at 17, gusting 20 knots. THE INCIDENT Shortly before 6 PM, […]
After practicing some maneuvers on an instructional flight, the student and instructor of this Cessna 172S returned to the Mansfield Municipal Airport to land just after noon on February 23rd, 2019. Conditions: VFR, winds light and variable, sky clear, 10SM visibility. The CFI: Age 32 368 hours total time, 150hrs in C172. The Student: New student, […]
180 Step Turn Accident Analysis On September 2nd, 2018, a Cessna 180 on floats began its takeoff roll from Yakutat Harbor. It was a beautiful, clear day with no ceiling and visibility greater than 10 miles. Mount Saint Elias towered over Yakutat bay. The winds were blowing out of the North-Northwest at approximately 8 knots. […]
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a notice on Friday stating that they will not be enforcing medical certificate currency for pilots whose medical expires after March 30th. Pilot medicals of any class that expire after this date can be used until June 30th, with no enforcement action or penalty. The FAA stated that it made […]
The Federal Aviation Administration recently rolled out a new system to schedule FAA knowledge tests. Check out our new YouTube video above to learn how to obtain your FTN number and schedule your written, hassle free!
So whether you are currently a Sport Pilot, or simply working towards your sport pilot and decide you want to go for the full private pilot certificate. The process really is quite simple, and we’ll cover both scenarios for you below. If you are currently a Sport Pilot: Converting a current Sport Pilot certificate to […]
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Aeronautical Decision Making, Crew Resource Management, Single Pilot Resource Management While these might be big fancy titles, the actual concepts they represent are actually much more simple, and probably something you already do to some extent subconsciously. The whole idea behind these concepts is to reduce GA accidents. The diagram above shows where GA accidents […]
Before and After Your Engine Failure Check out our recorded webinar below that aired on Thursday January 11th as part of the FAA Safety Team Wings Program (FAAST). SignUp for our newsletter on the homepage to keep up to date with the announcements of all our live webinars for you to attend from anywhere in […]
Tracking Your Flight Lesson Seeing where you flew, how high, and how precise you are flying can be great feedback for students and experienced pilots alike. Check out the above video (feel free to scroll through it) to see what that data looks like overlayed on maps or in a video. Now with technology, it […]
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