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The annual Lancair Owners and Builders Organization (LOBO) Landing will take place April 22-24, 2021 at the Green Valley Ranch Resort and Casino. Lancair and Evolution aircraft owners and enthusiasts join to participate in ground school sessions, safety briefings, maintenance topics ...
Date & Time
04/22/2021
Address
2300 Paseo Verde Parkway
Henderson, NV 89052
United States
Henderson, NV 89052
United States
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Try it You'll Like it - The SSSytem - a poor man's Air Navigation system:
Get your students involved in my very LOW TECH pilot navigation system. I call it the SIMPLE SIX ( 6 ) Minute NAV System a.k.a. The SSSYSTEM Six ( 6 ) minutes is ten percent of an hour therefore 10% ground speed ....is how much land will pass under your wing in 6 minutes. Example at 120 ground speed x 10% = 12 miles in 6 minutes or 2 miles every one minute... then ask the student to start judging distances on the ground ... to turn points, lakes, rivers, airports, towers... inflight visibility...using the clock and
the SSSystem which also applies to fuel flow, glide distances...
Note - I was amazed how fast and how good - accurate my student pilots were ...