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Teaching International Student Pilots

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For example, describing a Cuban eight maneuver would involve such writing as, enter the (in Farsi , R-L), Cuban eight (in English, L-R), maneuver no lower than (in Farsi , R-L), 10,000 AGL (in English, L-R), at a minimum of (in Farsi , R-L), 450 knots (in English, L-R). A T-38 with a student in the rear cockpit.

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Heads-up, hands-free: How to use iPad audio alerts for safer flights

iPad Pilot News

IN-FLIGHT ALERTS 500 AGL Alerts – Alerts when descending through 500 ft. AGL after having been above 1,000 ft. AGL (or when AGL is unknown), the descent rate exceeds 4,000 ft. AGL and the descent rate exceeds 3,000 ft. AGL, the descent rate is between 3000 ft. AGL and 3000′ ft. per minute.

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Where There’s Smoke…

Plane and Pilot

I reached into the cockpit instantly and pulled the throttle to idle. With nothing to lose, at a little over 1,000 feet agl, I started a turn to the left, looking for a place to land. It looked like I was still on a descent to touch down at the threshold on Runway 15. I took a quick look at the prop and flipped the mag switch.

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Stupid Pilot Tricks

AV Web

Riverbeds draw fun-loving pilots like flies to Christmas pudding, as on December 25, 2021 near Rainbow, Texas, when a Boeingagain, not one of thoseinstead, this was a WWII-vintage Stearman PT17 open-cockpit, biplane built by the old Boeing that understood structural integrity. No doors, no problem. Lose a wing, theres a spare.

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