September 28, 2015 – 7:37 am
Once again, we’re pleased to feature a guest post FAA DPE and CFI Jason Blair. Check out his post from last week on why you should be practicing the glide and his post onflying the traffic pattern from earlier this year. He writes his own blog at jasonblair.net. I would like to share a few […]
September 24, 2015 – 7:41 am
In keeping with the theme of gliding, this week I am going to follow-up Jason’s post with a clip from our Virtual Test Prep™ Flight Maneuvers DVD on airborne engine failures. After reading Monday’s post and watching this short clip see if you can answer the two following questions. 1. When executing an emergency approach […]
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Posted in CFI Briefing
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Tagged adventure, aerodynamics, emergency, emergency procedure, FAA, FAA Exam, flight training, flying, gliding, learn to fly, pilot in command, Private Pilot, safety
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September 21, 2015 – 7:29 am
This week, we’re pleased to feature guest posts from CFI and FAA DPE Jason Blair! We featured Jason’s excellent write up on flying the traffic pattern earlier this year. He writes his own blog at jasonblair.net. Gliding is for gliders, right? Well, it’s not just for them. Something I notice in many checkrides I give […]
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Posted in Ground School
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Tagged aerodynamics, airport, emergency, FAA, FAA Exam, flight training, flying, glide, glider, learn to fly, pilot in command, Private Pilot, safety
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September 17, 2015 – 8:23 am
In today’s post, we are going to discuss the Airplane Flight Manual (AFM). The AFM is a document that is developed by your airplane’s manufacturer containing specific information in regards to operating instructions of the aircraft. These manuals are specific to an aircraft’s serial number and are approved by the FAA. This manual must be […]
September 14, 2015 – 7:25 am
The success of a flight depends largely on thorough preparation. In the course of your training, a pattern of regular preflight actions should be developed to ensure that this is the case. This includes planning a flight, and checking the airplane. These preflight actions must be based on the checks found in the pilot’s operation […]
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Posted in Ground School, Regulations
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Tagged Aircraft, airport, FAA, FAA Exam, FAA regulations, feature, flight training, flying, learn to fly, pilot in command, preflight, Private Pilot, regulations, requirements, safety
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September 10, 2015 – 7:35 am
Monday’s post gave us an introduction into the world of gyroscopic flight instruments and as we learned these include the attitude indicator, turn coordinator, and heading indicator also referred to as the directional gyro. Each one of these gyroscopic flight instruments functions based off the principle of rigidity in space. To put it more simply […]
September 8, 2015 – 7:25 am
This week we’re looking again at flight instruments. More specifically, gyroscopic instruments. Take a look at what we’ve posted so far on flight instruments, including our CFI’s series on pitot-static systems. This post is excerpted from Bob Gardner’s The Complete Private Pilot. The attitude indicator, the turn indicator, and the directional gyro or heading indicator […]
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Posted in Flight Instruments, Ground School
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Tagged aerodynamics, FAA, FAA Exam, feature, flight training, gyroscopic, learn to fly, pilot in command, pitot, Private Pilot
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September 3, 2015 – 9:03 am
Let’s recap some of the important information we learned from Monday’s post on carburetor ice. As air flows through a carburetor, it expands rapidly. At the same time, fuel entering the airstream is vaporized. Expansion of the air and vaporization of the fuel causes a sudden cooling of the mixture which may cause ice to […]
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Posted in CFI Briefing, Flight Instruments
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Tagged aerodynamics, atmosphere, carburetor icing, FAA, FAA Exam, flight training, flying, icing, learn to fly, pilot in command, pitot, Private Pilot, safety, weather
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