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Tag Archives: flight training
It Seems As If Only Yesterday
It is the start of the new term. It is difficult to believe it is the Spring 2018 term. As part of the introduction to my classes, I used a scene from the movie, “The Dead Poets Society.” It was … Continue reading →
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Tagged A-7E Corsair, airplanes, Carpe diem, discipline, extraordinary learning, flight training, flying airplanes, grades, inexperienced pilots, It Seems As If Only Yesterday, judgment, learning to fly, memories, military service, Navy, pilots, professional pilots, reading, Robin Williams, student pilots, studying, The Dead Poets Society, the key to learning, the Perseid meteor showers, the Spring 2018 term, “cramming”
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Big Field, No Sweat
Okay, it happened again. Another pilot decided to try landing his crippled airplane on a road. Follow this link to view dramatic law enforcement dashcam video of a Cessna 150 trying to turn a road into an emergency runway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkriThuaaB0 … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flight Instructing, Flying
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Tagged airplanes, airspeed, altitude, Cessnas, crashing, discipline, Emergency Landings, flight training, inexperienced pilots, judgment, landing on roads, learning to fly, pilots, professional pilots, student pilots, training aircraft
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Lost Logbooks
This past week, one of my students, Jo, asked about the problem. After I told her the solution, she asked, “Why didn’t you tell the class?” I usually do, but at the point in the course when I usually talk … Continue reading →
Posted in Flight Instructing, Flying
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Tagged flight training, flying, inexperienced pilots, judgment, learning to fly, logbooks, lost logbooks, pilots, professional pilots, student pilots
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Understanding the Wing
Wings are very cool things. Many pilots like wings; they fly wings and most know the working speeds of wings (if only by rote). The question is, though, exactly how does a wing work? Keep in mind that designing an … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flight Instructing, Flying
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Tagged "know the numbers", aerodynamics, airplanes, AR=b/c, aspect ratio (AR), Cessna 172, Cessnas, chord, flight training, flying characteristics, math, mission, P-51, pilots, Pitts Special, power to weight ratio, professional pilots, Reno race pilots, S = b x c, straight and level, student pilots, trailing edge, transport airplanes, unaccelerated flight, wing area, wing span, wings, working speeds
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A Dozen Rules to Spin a Prop
I looked at my Facebook page yesterday and found a photo of a pilot who lost the tip of a finger while hand propping his ultralight airplane. Pretty gruesome stuff. I often tell my students that hand propping an airplane … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flight Instructing, Flying
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Tagged aerobatic, Aeroncas, airplanes, Cessnas, Champs, Continental A-65, Cubs, flight training, hand propping, inexperienced pilots, judgment, learning to fly, Light Sport Aircraft (LSA), Luscombes, pilots, professional pilots, Rotax, student pilots, Subaru, taildraggers, the "Armstrong" technique, training aircraft, ultralight, VW
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Flying for Fun
As always, I woke early. Most of my students can’t believe I wake up so early – and without an alarm. I set my phone to sound at 6:05 and it is a rare morning when I sleep past 6 … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flight Instructing, Flying
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Tagged airplanes, airspeed, altitude, barnstormers, Cessnas, early morning flight, Flight instructors, flight training, flying, friends, inexperienced pilots, judgment, learning to fly, memories, open cockpit biplanes, pilots, professional pilots, student pilots, sunrise flying, taildraggers, training aircraft
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Finally!
I have not been blogging, because of work with my publishing company. I have been editing projects, organizing workflow, marketing, and giving advice to many would be authors and finally, after seven years in the business, finally got around to … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flight Instructing, Flying, History, Life in General, Personal, Publishing, Reading, Writing
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Tagged airplanes, aviation essays, aviation history, blogging, BluewaterPress LLC, first flying lessons, flight instructing, flight training, From Cubs to Jets, General aviation, inexperienced pilots, learning to fly, making plans, memories, Military Flying, pilots, professional pilots, setting goals, student pilots, Tips and Techniques, writing
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Pilots, Briefers, and Weather, Oh My!
There is something to be said for knowing the weather in a particular geographic location. Additionally, I really miss flying in air masses over which I was capable of seeing vast expanses of air and moisture. I liked being able … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying
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Tagged "zero-zero", a promise of good VFR, airplanes, Cessnas, critical fuel, cross-country flight, discipline, flight training, Florida, flying, fog, Hazardous weather, inexperienced pilots, instrument flying, judgment, learning to fly, pilots, professional pilots, student pilots, terrain obscuration, turbulence, weather, wind shear
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Learning and Age
I remember back through time, to the point in my life when I had most of it before me. I was only 18 and just starting to learn how to fly. It was exciting and that first summer out of … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General, Reading
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Tagged airliners, airplanes, discipline, flight training, helicopters, inexperienced pilots, judgment, learn how to fly, Learning and Age, learning to fly, lost art, reading, tactical jets, “book-learning”
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Life After Death
We are all going to die sometime. I remember a lieutenant commander in the ready room mentioning something about dying “young and leaving a good-looking corpse.” There is a lot of bravado in ready rooms throughout the fleet, in alert … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged bravado, courage, discipline, flight training, immediate action responses, incapacitation, Life After Death, Life after Life by Dr. Raymond A. Moody, staring at death, the ready room, When should I call 911?, when to declare an emergency
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