Lesson 5: Ground Reference, Maneuvers, and FARs
Why reference the ground? In this lesson, we’ll focus on Ground Reference Maneuvers, as well as a few other “air work” tools you can add…
Lesson 6: Building Good Landings
Building the Perfect Landing Good News! You don’t have to be Maverick from Topgun to land like a champ! While flying a several thousand pound…
GFA, Graphic Forecast for Aviation
Graphic Forecast The GFA has replaced the FA for the lower 48 United States. Watch the video above on how to use the new tool…
FB – Winds Aloft
Check out the video above to learn how to decode a “FB” or winds aloft forecast. You’ll need to use this forecast to account for…
METARs and TAFs Advanced
Check out the video above and take notes on some of the more advanced codes and abbreviations used in METARs and TAFs. Below are all…
FAs
Area Forecasts cover the area between airports that TAFs do not cover. REMEMBER these facts about FAs: Issued every 8 hours, 3 times a day…
TAFs
Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts TAFs have similar coding to METARs. Some important facts to REMEMBER about TAFs: Cover an area with a 5nm radius from the…
METARs
METARs (Meteorological Terminal Aviation Routine Report) are always coded the same way. The video above explains the layout and coding. Below are a few examples…
Lesson 4: AOA, Stalls, and Other Scary Things
In this lesson we’ll cover some of my favorite TOPICS! Angle of Attack (AOA) Stalls Intro to Weather As you advance in your training it…
Crosswinds Lesson #3
The Landing As you fly your base leg you will more than likely add your next notch of flaps (20 degrees in Cessna, 25 degrees…