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Mastering Non-Towered Airport Communications
Mastering Non-Towered Airport Communications If you’ve ever been flying as a student pilot, you must obviously know how challenging it is to maintain situational awareness, fly the airplane, and prove to your instructor that you know what you’re doing. But then, in addition to all that, you have to make radio calls and sometimes comply … Continue reading
Photos in Flight Recording Equipment Placement
Becoming a member of the “Pilots of Instagram” Club Step No. 2: Placement The placement of your recording equipment is just as important as your choice of equipment. In addition to the location, you must consider whether your mounting point will be temporary, semi-attached, or permanent. We will review those three scenarios in a later segment. … Continue reading
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Photos in Flight
Equipment Want to be the newest member of the “Pilots of Instagram” club? In recent weeks, the aviation community has come under scrutiny for images pilots around the world have been sharing from our office view. If you are a new to the aviation community, the view from the cockpit is known as “the office”; … Continue reading
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A Safe Pilot Is Always Learning
A Safe Pilot Is Always Learning Training tips for students and pilots Get there-itis… Prior to taking to the air with passengers, you should always provide them with a briefing of key safety items and what to expect during the entire flight, from engine start to shut-down. While this can be done very concisely once … Continue reading
Welcome Alberto!
Please welcome Alberto Alvarez to Aero Safety Training One day a student of mine told me, “You’re Changing Lives.” I started flying because it was on my “To Do” list, just like it was for many of you. As your instructor and fellow Pilot, I want to help change your life through aviation. Whether it’s … Continue reading
A Safe Pilot Is Always Learning
A Safe Pilot Is Always Learning Training tips for students and pilots Gauges Green, Airspeed Alive… You’ve dutifully calculated your weight & balance for your flight. Weight and CG are within limits. You’ve completed a conservative performance estimate for all runways at all airports to be utilized. All are within limits for your aircraft and … Continue reading
A Safe Pilot Is Always Learning
A Safe Pilot Is Always Learning Training tips for students and pilots 1-800-WX-BRIEF Inevitably, each time there is a Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) in our area, at least one (and usually more) pilot deviations occur. How can this be prevented? Simple. Call for a weather briefing prior to every flight, whether a 1,000 nautical mile … Continue reading
A Safe Pilot Is Always Learning
Training tips for students and pilots Safe and airworthy… You’re planning a fun flight to New Hampshire and are getting ready to preflight. For it to be airworthy, what documents need to be on board the aircraft? What inspections are needed for the aircraft to be airworthy? As for the required documents, the familiar ‘ARROW’ … Continue reading
A Safe Pilot Is Always Learning
Summer and Fall Goals… Regardless of whether you’re a student, private, instrument-rated, or simulator pilot, or if you’re an aviation enthusiast, always look to increase your knowledge, experience and skills. What are your goals this summer? They may be to finish your private certificate, visit a new airport, fly the Hudson River, gain proficiency in … Continue reading
A Safe Pilot Is Always Learning
A Safe Pilot Is Always Learning Training tips for students and pilots Who, Where, What… Speaking on the radio is often cited as a beginner pilot’s biggest fear. This is not surprising, considering most people fear public speaking more than death! Getting over this ‘mic fright’ early in training is essential to fully utilizing your … Continue reading
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