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Teaching International Student Pilots

Air Facts

Teaching International Student Pilots Air Facts Journal In the mid 70s, I was a USAF T-38 instructor pilot (IP) in the 71 st Flying Training Wing at Vance AFB (KEND) in Enid, Oklahoma. Two squadrons trained students in their journey to become Air Force pilots. The venerable Tweet A.K.A. The 6000-pound dog-whistle!

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Demonstration Stalls

CFI Academy

They go beyond the basic power-on and power-off stalls required for private or commercial pilots, focusing on scenarios that instructors need to teach students about to enhance stall awareness and safety. Perform at a safe altitude (typically 3,000 feet AGL or higher) to demonstrate safely. 65 knots in a Cessna 172).

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

iPad Pilot News

Heads-up, hands-free: How to use iPad audio alerts for safer flights iPad Pilot News The iPad is an engaging visual tool, but many pilots forget about its many audio uses. Many pilots may not realize that ForeFlight also provides audio alerts with these notifications. AGL after having been above 1,000 ft. per minute AGL.

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Drone Lingo Simplified: Acronyms Every Pilot Needs To Know

Pilot Institute

Drones have their own language, and its filled with abbreviations and acronyms that can be overwhelming for new drone pilots. Common Drone Acronyms and What They Mean Lets start off with the most basic acronyms that even beginner drone pilots should know. If there is any ambiguity on drone rules, the FAA always gets the final say.

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Step-By-Step Guide To Performing Ground Reference Maneuvers

Northstar VFR

Turns Around a Point This is a classic maneuver that helps pilots learn how to maintain a constant radius around a point on the ground while compensating for the wind. Make sure you're at the recommended altitude (600-1,000 feet AGL) per ACS guidelines. Maintain 600-1,000 feet AGL. Maintain 600-1,000 feet AGL.

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RNAV Approaches Simplified: A Guide for New Pilots

Pilot Institute

What Are RNAV Approaches? Area Navigation (RNAV) is a way for pilots to know where they’re going without needing help from the ground. Before RNAV, pilots had to rely on radios (NAVAIDs) and antennas on the ground such as VORs (Very High-Frequency Omnidirectional Range) and NDBs (Non-Directional Beacons).

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Unstable approaches

Professional Pilot

Air traffic control instructions often lead to unstable approaches. The request to make a short approach or maintain a higher-than-normal speed to the final approach fix is the most common reason pilots don’t meet stable approach criteria. Houston, we have a problem. Yet here we are.

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