GOLD STANDARD AVIATION TRAINING BLOG
You see this PAPI indication as you approach 500 ft and realize you are too fast for landing flaps. You pitch up to reduce airspeed and suddenly find the PAPI indicating all white. You commence a go-around due to the...
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This snapshot was taken seconds away from a serious crash that happened recently during landing. Can you see the mistake the pilot is making? From time to time I observe a pilot gripping the yoke with two hands during the...
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“Get low or slow on one engine and the checkride is over” This is one of several admonitions (warnings) examiners brief multiengine applicants on prior to the flight portion of the Practical Test. Understanding the critical and likely irrecoverable nature...
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Ever wonder if it’s safe to fly when it’s snowing or when high humidity and freezing temperatures are forecasted? Well, the FAA used to consider snow and high humidity/cold temperatures to be a known-ice risk which grounded many aircraft. After...
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Spoiler alert: This was not an engine failure related accident! Another war story in the books that fortifies the need to select CAPS in lieu of gliding to a road or empty field after engine failure. An experienced pilot doing...
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