ADM / CRM / SRM Pr Copy
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 Copy
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…
Spatial Disorientation Pr Copy
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…
Medical Factors Pr Copy
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…
Weather Briefings Pr Copy
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…
Graphic Forecast Area Pr Copy
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…
PIREPS Pr Copy
Pilot Reports This isn’t a report card of how good of a pilot you are (but good pilots do know how to read PIREPS). A…
Radar Summary Charts Pr Copy
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…
AIRMETS / SIGMETS Pr Copy
AIRMETs and SIGMETs The big scary warnings of when not to fly! If you remember almost nothing from this TOPIC, then just REMEMBER these two…
Surface / Prog Charts Pr Copy
Surface Analysis and Prognostic Charts Surface analysis and Prog charts are my favorite way to get a big picture view of what the weather will…