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 Landing
Short Field Landing The idea here it to clear an imaginary (or real) 50′ obstacle and then land on a very “short” runway. You will…
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′…
Touch and Go’s
The Art of the Touch and Go First of all, what are these touch and go’s everyone talks about? Basically, the idea is to land…
Go Arounds
If at first, you fail, then GO AROUND and try, try again. There’s no shame in realizing your approach down to the runway isn’t looking…
Aiming Points
Something to Aim For Whether shooting a bow and arrow, or landing a plane, it’s always important to have something to aim for (aim small…
Low Approaches
How Low Can You Go? Well that’s the million dollar question isn’t it? Hopefully low enough to put the airplane on the runway, but not…
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…