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AOPA Rusty Pilots Webinar Wednesday, October 20th 7:00 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. EDT Instructed by AOPA Foundation Ambassador Jamie Beckett. Life may have gotten in the way, but the dream of flight can be yours again. Returning to the skies is not as difficult as most rusty pilots ...
Released to the aviation community in September, the free Learn to Turn program takes a stick and rudder approach to reducing loss of control. This webinar focuses on increasing awareness of the consequences of your control inputs and describing training exercises designed to improve your ...
AOPA Rusty Pilots Webinar Wednesday, October 27th 12:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. EDT Instructed by AOPA Foundation Ambassador Kay Sundaram. Life may have gotten in the way, but the dream of flight can be yours again. Returning to the skies is not as difficult as most rusty pilots ...
Join runway safety experts from AOPA, FAA and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association for an insightful discussion and analysis of wrong surface operations, what they are, and why they happen. Also learn about the decisions that nearly ended in disaster and the steps you can take to ...
AOPA Rusty Pilots Webinar Wednesday, November 10th 12:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. EST Instructed by AOPA Foundation Ambassador Kay Sundaram. Life may have gotten in the way, but the dream of flight can be yours again. Returning to the skies is not as difficult as most rusty pilots ...
AOPA Rusty Pilots Webinar Thursday, November 18th 11:00 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. EST Instructed by AOPA Foundation Ambassador Pat Brown. Life may have gotten in the way, but the dream of flight can be yours again. Returning to the skies is not as difficult as most rusty pilots think. ...
AOPA Rusty Pilots Webinar Tuesday, December 7th 2:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. EST Instructed by AOPA Foundation Ambassador Pat Brown. Life may have gotten in the way, but the dream of flight can be yours again. Returning to the skies is not as difficult as most rusty pilots think. We’re ...
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If anyone is planning on flying over from Central VT (KMPV or nearby) and has an extra seat, I'd happily contribute to fuel costs in exchange for a ride.
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 ...