Turns About a Point Pr
Turning and Pointing Well, it’s a little more than just that. The idea behind a “turn about a point” is to develop a skill of…
Forward Slips and Side Slips Pr
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…
Reading the Weather – TAFs Pr
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 Pr
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…
Stalled Airflow Pr
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.…
How To Practice Stalls Pr
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…
Angle Of Attack Pr
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 Pr
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…
Flying in the Wind Pr
By about lesson 3 in your training you probably will have had the opportunity to experience a few takeoffs and landings, and there’s a good…
The Power Curve Pr
It’s all about the POWER: Of course big powerful airplanes are cool, but in reality most of the training aircraft we fly have relatively little…