Forward Slips and Side Slips
Boy, that’s a slippery subject! Actually, not really. Forward slips and side slips are relatively easy maneuvers to practice and learn, and while they may…
Soft Field Takeoff
Soft Field Takeoff Super soft ah!!! Well in this particular case, a soft field isn’t really a good thing. A true soft field (soft sand,…
Short Field Takeoff
Short Field Takeoff The purpose of a short field takeoff is to get the airplane off the ground and high enough to clear a 50′…
Highspeed Taxiing
Time to Fly! (almost) Highspeed taxiing is the same as regular taxiing, simply done on the runway, with a little more power, and moving faster…
Reading the Weather – TAFs
Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts TAFs are very similar to METARs in the sense that they use the same coding abbreviations and a very similar structure. Obviously…
Reading the Weather – METARs
METARs METARs are a snapshot in time, a simple observation of what the weather was doing at a particular moment. They are an excellent tool…
How To Practice Stalls
The Fun Part! How to properly practice stalls in the real airplane. Hopefully after watching the video above you will have a better understanding of…
Stalled Airflow
Check out the video above to have a look at what actually happens to the airflow over the wing of an airplane when it stalls.…
Angle Of Attack
The Angle it Attacks Angle of Attack, or AOA as we’ll call it going forward, is technically defined as such: THE ANGLE AT WHICH THE…
The Secret to Being Stable
The trick to being more stable than Charlie Sheen isn’t just abstaining from drugs and alcohol. Safe and STABLE approaches all start with how you…