Saturday December 5 , 2020 1:30 pm The COVID-19 stay at home as been hard, especially for those, like me, who have worked hard to isolate for loved ones at home. Because of that, I have not been able to flight instruct or fly with others. One of my joys is to take friends flying. …
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The Pilot in the Classroom presented to students of Southwest Washington on the importance safely flying drones in the compex airspace in Vancouver, Wa. Learn more at our education outreach site
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If you are looking for an eye candy movie of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, then Fighter Squadron is a movie for you. Yes, there may be many historical facts that have been altered, the primary being that the unit portrayed actually flew P-51s, and in the movie the Mustangs are painted black,.. oh, you’ll see. …
I don’t have the time to go into the history of this amazing documentary, nor do I have the time to convince others why this should be mandatory viewing for all high school students and teachers when studying WWII. Like many others who was enamored with the myth of the P-51 Mustang, promoted by the …
When I teach “thinking” to students, I use a method called “Habits of Mind” which is a set of inquiries to challenge our thoughts. What do I know? How do I know it? How do I know that I know? What else? What if …? Let’s Try This What is the maneuvering speed for your …
CFR 91.113 states that vigilance shall be maintained by each person operating an aircraft so as to see and avoid other aircraft. Most flights occur under Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) and fall under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) where we can look out and see the sights, including other aircraft. This can’t be stressed enough – …
The deadline for ADS-B is December 31, 2019. Are you ready? What’s your answer? “I’ve already put in ADS-B” or “My aircraft doesn’t have an electrical system so I don’t need it” or “I don’t fly where a transponder is needed” or “I’m going to wait until the very last possible minute”. Let me rephrase …
Congratulations on wanting to be a pilot! Before you begin your flight training you need to be very aware of one sobering fact: only two out of ten student pilots will earn their private pilot license. During the heyday of general aviation, 1950’s – 1960’s, there were about two million certified pilots in the United …
Tubi is a free online TV and movie service which has a sizable documentary section. If you haven’t noticed from some of my logos, I’m a P47 Thunderbolt! man, however, the Spitfire is definitely my cheat. This was a wonderful documentary that did the plane, designers and the pilots, both men and women, who flew …
