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Close Calls, Near Misses, and Collisions
I have been following the blogging of a new student pilot from Down Under. Dave refers to himself as a middle-aged pilot learning to fly for the first time in Sydney, Australia. As with pilots all over, he is now … Continue reading →
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Tagged a middle-aged pilot learning to fly, airplanes, airspeed, altitude, and collisions, Cessnas, close calls, Close Calls Near Misses and Collisions, danger and fright, engine failures, first solo, flight training, flying, inexperienced pilots, instrument flying, judgment, learning to fly, MidLifePilot’s Flying Blog, near misses, pilots, professional pilots, student pilots, Sydney Australia, taildraggers
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Solo! (Part 4)
This is the final installment of the story of soloing, originally published in Eagles Tales, a collection of essays by my colleagues in the Aeronautical Science Department of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Eagle Tales is available for sale at 20 percent … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flight Instructing, Flying, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged airplanes, Cessnas, discipline, engine failures, first solo, Florida, flying, inexperienced pilots, judgment, learning to fly, pilots, student pilots, taildraggers, training aircraft
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Solo! (Part 3)
Excepts from Eagles Tales, a collection of essays by my colleagues in the Aeronautical Science Department of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University continues. Eagle Tales is available for sale at 20 percent off with the coupon code ET2011 on checkout through the … Continue reading →
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Tagged airplanes, Cessnas, discipline, engine failures, first solo, Florida, flying, inexperienced pilots, judgment, learning to fly, pilots, student pilots, taildraggers, training aircraft
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Solo! (Part 2)
Excepts from Eagles Tales, a collection of essays by my colleagues in the Aeronautical Science Department of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University continues. Eagle Tales is available for sale at 20 percent off with the coupon code ET2011 on checkout through the … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flight Instructing, Flying, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged airplanes, Cessnas, discipline, engine failures, first solo, Florida, flying, inexperienced pilots, judgment, learning to fly, pilots, student pilots, taildraggers, training aircraft
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Solo! (Part 1)
Over the course of today and the following three days, I am posting the story of what it is like to solo an airplane for the first time. This account, originally published as an essay in Eagles Tales, is from … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flight Instructing, Flying, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged airplanes, Cessnas, discipline, engine failures, first solo, Florida, flying, inexperienced pilots, judgment, learning to fly, pilots, student pilots, taildraggers, training aircraft
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What Makes a Cessna 172 So Safe?
OK, so I was checking out the stats on the blog and I came across this search term. Someone had actually asked the question of Google or Bing or Yahoo, “What makes a Cessna 172 so safe?” What a great … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flight Instructing, Flying, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged airplanes, Cessna, Cessna 172P, Cessna 210 Centurion, Cessnas, Clyde Cessna, engine failures, flying, gross weight, inexperienced pilots, maneuvering speed, stall speed, the 100-series Cessnas, What Makes a Cessna 172 So Safe?
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What Makes a Really Good Pilot?
So, you want to be a good pilot. No, you want to be a great pilot. You want people to regard you as one of the best pilots with whom they have ever flown. Not too lofty a goal, is … Continue reading →
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Tagged actual emergencies, airspeed control, checking weather, emergency procedures, engine failures, flying smoothly, fuel mismanagement, glide path control, great pilot, judgment, piloting skill, practice, risks, running out of gas, What Makes a Really Good Pilot?, young and inexperienced
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Engine Failures
Last week I told the story of my first engine failure in Joe’s Luck. Looking back from the vantage point of 30 years, it’s pretty funny. At the time, however, it lacked any humor; it was not until I slept … Continue reading →
Rest Easy Senator Stevens
This week, word came of former Senator Ted Stevens’ death in an airplane accident in Alaska. He perished with the pilot and four others when the aircraft they were in collided with the side of a mountain. Four others survived. … Continue reading →
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Tagged aircraft accidents, airplane accident, dangers of flying, de Havilland DHC-3 Otter, engine failures, highway fatalities, mountains, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), poor weather, professional pilots, Senator Stevens, weather conditions
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