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What to Expect When Learning to Fly

Flying Magazine

You will want to get a gear bag to carry these materials along with a notebook for taking notes and writing down information in the cockpit. You will learn to read an aviation sectional, which is a map used for navigation. Bring both with you to your flight lessons. You want the room to make mistakes.

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How To Get A Private Pilot License: The Ultimate Guide

Northstar VFR

For example, the instrument rating certifies pilots on navigation using only the instruments inside the cockpit, so they are able to fly with little to no visibility outside. Additionally, pilots get ratings that will act on top of their certificate for added privileges. The FAR/AIM is broken into parts which are like chapters.

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Stupid Pilot Tricks

AV Web

Seems the accident helicopter was the subject of a FAA Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR), which specified academic, flight training, qualification, and currency requirements for pilots acting as pilot-in-command. Seconds later, the main rotor disc severed the tailboom. Again, post-accident formalities proved awkward.

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