Nighttime Considerations Pr
Seeing in the Dark The human eye works differently at night than it does in the daytime. See the three diagrams below. At night, your…
Night Time Flying Pr
Wondering why people fly at night? Check out how beautiful it can be in the video above! Things to consider for nighttime flight planning….
Regulations Pr
Federal Aviation Regulations Hope you’re still awake there guys! Understandably the “book work” side of things with ADM, Medical Factors, etc. isn’t quite as exciting…
ADM / CRM / SRM Pr
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…
Risk Matrix / Hazardous Attitudes Pr
Avoiding Risk… In this topic we’ll talk about two different ways to avoid risk. The first is using the risk assessment matrix as described in…
Medical Factors Pr
Medications and the FAA Obviously, lots of us take medications for one thing or another. If you are training for your Sport Pilot Certificate it…
Spatial Disorientation Pr
Spatial disorientation Spatial disorientation results from the brain not properly interpreting the signals it is receiving from the rest of the body. Remember, flying is…
Weather Briefings Pr
VFR Weather Briefings It’s always nice when someone else helps you to decipher the weather. In the old days, it was standard to always make…
Radar Summary Charts Pr
To sum it up, ya there’s a lotta rain out there…. Watch the video above, and after that, take notes below. What you need to…
Graphic Forecast Area Pr
Graphic Forecast Area Tool We used to have something called “area forecasts”. Don’t worry, you’re not missing out on much. They were several pages long…