Flight Training

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012 20 Things You May Not Know About Night Flying Darkness comprises roughly half of every day, but that’s no reason to avoid flying at night, if… To that end, I studied with one of Hollywood's hardest-working studio lead trumpet players, Bud Brisbois.

Tuesday, May 8, 2012 Precision Flying Change your mind-set to improve your flying Precision and approximation: These are contradictory terms that, when applied to flying, have more to do with the pilot's mind-set than they do with skill.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 A Part 142 Flight Review Why simulator training could save your life Like so many aeronautical adventures, this was a quest for a signature.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 Living Large Transitioning from a piston to a turbine Making the transition from a fixed- gear piston into a turbine isn't easy, cheap or quick, but it's possible.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012 How Low Should You Go? Speed never looks so spectacular as when you’re close to the ground The indiscretions of youth. It's all too easy to examine stupid pilot tricks and dismiss them as functions of immaturity.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012 Airline Transport Professionals Preparing pilots for professional airline careers since 1984 As it prepares to celebrate its 28th anniversary, ATP has grown into one of the largest and most highly respected professional flight-training academies in the world.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Do Something Magical: Learn To Fly Innovation continues to change flight training, but it’s still about the fun I'm still learning to fly. Even three decades after earning my private pilot certificate at 17, I'm still a student pilot, and I'm okay with it.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011 Landing Without Flight Controls Under some conditions, it’s possible to land an airplane without using normal aerodynamic controls The airplane had been climbing through 8,000 feet out of Baghdad for Bahrain when it was hit in the left wing by a shoulder-launched, surface-to-air missile, fired by a Fedayeen terrorist.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Angle Of The Wing Angle-of-attack indicators, coming to a glass panel near you I was introduced to an angle-of-attack indicator back in the early '80s. I was ferrying a V35B Bonanza from Atlanta, Georgia to Palo Alto, Calif., where it was to be fitted with one of Victor Aviation's balanced, blueprinted, Black Edition engines.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Risk Management Do we know what we don’t know? Risk management is a solid concept, and an often-used term in aviation, medicine, firefighting, insurance and business.

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