GOLD STANDARD AVIATION TRAINING BLOG
Are you interested in making your next flight about five times SAFER than the last one? Incorporating these five simple habits next time you fly should insure just that! Regularly check weight and balance and consider density altitude before departure,...
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Here is a wonderful example of the practical use of RADAR and NEXRAD. As you know, these two weather tools depict the intensity and location of precipitation (rain, snow, and ice). Notice the orange color (or red or magenta with...
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Scenario: You are approaching the airport from the NW. Tower instructs you “direct to the numbers, cleared to land runway 9L”. Did the airplane in this video comply with ATC instructions? Spoiler Alert: Direct to the numbers means to point...
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Have you ever heard of the five hazardous pilot personalities? Maybe you know of a macho type or have a friend who exhibits anti-authority behavior? FAR 91.13 is a catch all for doing “risky things with an airplane”. There doesn’t...
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Scenario (and true story): At 0200 you are instructed to contact tower at 5nm for landing instructions and don’t receive a reply. Two other aircraft transmit to the tower controller without a reply. You radio the ground controller and there...
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