GOLD STANDARD AVIATION TRAINING BLOG
Do you use airports as cross country checkpoints? One pilot did and subsequently received a phone call from the FAA accusing him of operating an aircraft in a reckless manner while flying directly over the top of 2IS (see sectional)...
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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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Just last week an A&P technician informed me that he solved a longstanding mechanical problem in a nearly new aircraft. He proudly boasted that he was able to troubleshoot an engine vibration issue after an unsuccessful attempt by the factory...
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Last year, during a predawn instrument approach in instrument meteorological conditions, a UPS A300 was destroyed and its crew killed when it struck terrain just short of the runway. Preliminary findings show that the Airbus crew was held abnormally high...
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