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 […]
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Also tagged adventure, Aircraft, airport, ASA, communications, emergency, FAA, FAA Exam, feature, flight training, flying, learn to fly, pilot in command, Private Pilot, 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 […]
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Also tagged adventure, Aircraft, communications, emergency, FAA, FAA Exam, feature, learn to fly, pilot in command, Private Pilot, regulations, safety
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August 31, 2015 – 8:55 am
Today we’re taking a look at carburetor ice with the Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge. As mentioned earlier, one disadvantage of the float-type carburetor is its icing tendency. Carburetor ice occurs due to the effect of fuel vaporization and the decrease in air pressure in the venturi, which causes a sharp temperature drop in the carburetor. […]
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Posted in Aircraft Systems
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Also tagged aerodynamics, Aircraft, airport, altitude, ASA, flight training, flying, instruments, learn to fly, Lift, Navigation, Private Pilot, safety, weather, weather services
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August 24, 2015 – 8:17 am
Today, we’re going to look at some flight maneuvers from one of our favorite books, the Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge. Critical load factors apply to all flight maneuvers except unaccelerated straight flight where a load factor of 1 G is always present. Certain maneuvers considered in this section are known to involve relatively high load […]
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Also tagged aerodynamics, Aircraft, airport, altitude, ASA, atmosphere, communications, FAA, FAA Exam, flight training, flying, landing, learn to fly, pilot in command, Private Pilot, safety, takeoff, Thrust
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Let me quote §61.103(b), “Be able to read, speak, write, and understand the English language…”. This here is one of the eligibility requirements for Private Pilots and every other Pilot Certificate for that matter. Throughout training, however, it seems as if we are learning an entirely new language consisting of proper ATC phraseology and technique […]
We’ve had a few posts about the Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR). Take a look at our introduction and at our CFI’s posts on VOR service volumes and a couple questions that might show up on your exam. Today, we’ll illustrate tracking to and from a VOR station. This post is excerpted from the […]
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Posted in Ground School, Navigation
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Also tagged FAA, FAA Exam, feature, flight training, flying, learn to fly, pilot in command, Private Pilot, safety, VOR
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According to FAA research and safety reports there are three distinct types of communication errors: An absence of a pilot readback. The pilot merely acknowledges the clearance that he/she in actuality misunderstood. A Readback/hearback error. When a pilot reads back a clearance incorrectly and the controller fails to catch the error. Hearback Type II Errors. […]
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 […]
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December 15, 2014 – 8:44 am
It can take some time to get the hang of radio communications as a new pilot. However, according to Bob Gardner in his book The Complete Private Pilot, familiarization is key to developing a knack for radio procedures early on. You will learn a lot just by listening on aircraft frequencies to hear how other […]
