January 25, 2016 – 9:21 am
How should you react to the unexpected? How should you ask for help? Today we’re talking about emergency radio procedures. This post comes from our textbook The Pilot’s Manual Volume 1: Flight School (PM-1B). Request assistance whenever you have any serious doubt regarding the safety of a flight. Transmission should be slow and distinct, with each word pronounced clearly […]
By ASA
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Posted in Communication Procedures, Ground School
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Also tagged adventure, Aircraft, airport, ASA, communications, FAA, FAA Exam, feature, flight training, flying, learn to fly, pilot in command, Private Pilot, radio, regulations, safety
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October 26, 2015 – 8:17 am
Today we’re talking communication procedures, specifically your airplane’s transponder. This post comes to us from Bob Gardner‘s The Complete Private Pilot. Although the transponder has no microphone or speaker, it is a means of communication with ground radar facilities. Interrogation signals transmitted from the ground are received by your transponder, and it replies with a […]
By ASA
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Posted in Communication Procedures, Ground School
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Also tagged adventure, Aircraft, communications, FAA, FAA Exam, feature, learn to fly, pilot in command, Private Pilot, radio, regulations, safety
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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 […]
By CFI
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Posted in CFI Briefing
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Also tagged adventure, aerodynamics, 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 […]
By ASA
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Posted in Ground School
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Also tagged aerodynamics, airport, FAA, FAA Exam, flight training, flying, glide, glider, learn to fly, pilot in command, Private Pilot, safety
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Effective communication is absolutely critical to your safety and the safety of those in the air around you and on the ground. There’s a well established phraseology and accepted techniques in aviation, so mastering this will be key in your flight training. Take a look at the introduction to radio communications, excerpted from Bob Gardner’s […]
By ASA
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Posted in Communication Procedures, Ground School
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Also tagged AIM, alphabet, communications, feature, flying, landing, learn to fly, phonetic, pilot in command, radio, radios, takeoff
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