Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Welcome to Sporty’s IFR Insights Series, hosted by Spencer Suderman. Spencer is an airshow pilot and instrument flight instructor and will show what it’s like to fly IFR cross-country trips and instrument approaches. In this episode, ride along with Spencer in a G1000-equipped Cessna 172 as he flies a full RNAV circle-to-land approach with a holding pattern course reversal into Cecil, FL.

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CFI Academy

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Setting the Course for Success: The Importance of Certified Flight Instructors Embarking on the journey to becoming a Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) is a thrilling pursuit, opening the door to a world where the sky is not the limit. Aspiring instructors understand the crucial role they play in shaping the next generation of aviators. This guide aims to provide invaluable insights into mastering one of the most pivotal aspects of the role – lesson planning.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

When choosing a private jet, you’ll need to consider more than the speed of flying privately if you wish to embark on long-range flights. Whether on a worldwide adventure or embarking on intercontinental travel to seal crucial business agreements, you require swift and uninterrupted travel in a jet that can handle extensive travel. Long-range private jets certainly redefine travel convenience as they can take you to places that light and short-range private jets cannot while enabling non

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Jetwhine

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

It’s about trust I remember riding our crew bus with a bunch of other pilots, and flight attendants in the spring of 1991 not long after our employer Midway Airlines had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The old red and white school bus ran the flight crews from the parking lot on Midway Airport’s north side parking lot along 55 th Street to the terminal so we could connect with our aircraft.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Welcome to my Gulf Air Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Trip Report! My ride (A9C-FJ) being prepared for departure. Introduction Before booking with Gulf Air, I had plans to fly on the airline's Boeing 787-9 on the 5th freedom route, SIN-BKK but now I don't have to do that as the chance presented itself for me to fly the airline's 787-9 on a longer flight sector from Bahrain to Singapore.

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

What is the significance of the Mount Vernon Municipal Airport (2MO) being depicted in brown versus the Monett Regional Airport (HFJ) being depicted in green? An airport depicted in green on the IFR Enroute Low Altitude Chart indicates that an instrument approach procedure is available for that airport in the Terminal Procedures Publication. Conversely, an airport depicted in brown, indicates that an instrument approach procedure is not available.

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Flexair

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Flex Air offers a number of Flight Training Financing options , but we are not part of the Sallie Mae program. We've applied to be included in the Sallie Mae network a few times, but never heard back. Looking at other schools in the Sallie Mae network, I notice that they're mainly big pilot mills who talk a lot about low loan rates, but have zero to say about their dropout rates, first-time checkride pass rates, career placement rates, or personal connections to veteran and minority communities.

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Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Embarking on the journey to become a pilot is not just a skill acquisition; it’s an initiation into an exclusive community of aviators who share a profound love for the skies. The moment you take control of an aircraft and soar into the heavens, you join a new circle of friends who understand the unique blend of responsibility and joy that comes with flying.

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Most of the information filed in an IFR flight plan is based on weather forecasts that are released well before your wheels ever leave the ground. Here’s a look at what parts of the flight plan actually matter to ATC so that you know how to react if and when the weather conditions don’t match the forecast. To take the next step, check out Sporty’s Instrument Rating Course , which includes 13 hours of in-flight HD cross-country and instrument approach video training and comprehe

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Universal Weather

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For more information on London airports, visit our destination guides: Istanbul destination guide Turkey, and Istanbul in particular, is a rapidly growing business aviation market with good infrastructure and potential for growth. Istanbul has three airports of entry (AOE), Istanbul Airport (LTFM), Ataturk Airport (LTBA) , and Sabiha Gokcen (LTFJ).

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Airline Reporter

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

A Lufthansa Boeing 747-8i passes downtown LA on final for LAX A sunny break from the Pacific Northwest’s typically gloomy winter weather is always a pleasant opportunity. Last month I ventured south from Seattle for a couple days seeking some sun and planespotting. Winter sunsets come early, but it also presents some great nighttime spotting opportunities My wife and I stayed at our favorite LA hotel, the H Hotel Los Angeles.

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Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Date Aircraft Route of Flight Time (hrs) Total (hrs) 03 Feb 2024 N21481 SDC (Sodus, NY) - ART (Watertown, NY) - SDC 1.9 2775.9 After weeks of low, dreary ceilings, I was able to escape and fly along the Lake Ontario shoreline. This is a case where pictures communicate better than words.

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Learning how to fly without looking out the window can be hard. For me, it was harder than originally learning how to fly. Luckily, there are some products out there that can help make learning the art of instrument flying easier. Here are five products that you should have in your stable when you step into Instrument Rating training. #1 Sporty’s Instrument Rating Course Knowledge is everything when it comes to IFR.

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Universal Weather

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The Balearic Islands are one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Mediterranean, particularly during the summer peak season. Post-pandemic, the Balearic Islands are seeing record-setting volumes of international business jet arrivals. In 2022, the Balearic Islands had more than 13 million visitors, most of whom are coming from outside Spain.

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Northstar VFR

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

By Jordan Bullock, Airbus A321 Pilot Talk to almost any pilot, bring up stalls, bring up sketchy weather, bring up emergency situations, and ask, “What's the most stressful part of flying?” I'd be willing to bet that the most common answer wouldn’t be any of the previous mentioned situations. It would almost definitely be one thing: Checkrides. A checkride is the test by which a license or rating is issued to airmen.

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Inspire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Matt Younkin, an aerobatic air show extraordinaire, makes a return to Oshkosh for a different kind of show — this time on stage rather than in the sky. As the next speaker in EAA’s Aviation Adventure Speaker Series, Matt, EAA 864693, will share the Younkin history, his experiences, and the thrill of flying in front of crowds in his presentation at the EAA Aviation Museum on Thursday, February 15, at 7 p.m.

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

How much “actual instrument” flight time do you have? Chances are, if you’re a VFR pilot, you do not have any unless it was with an instructor. If you’re an instrument rated pilot, however, you should have some flight time logged in what FAR 61.51 considers “solely by reference to instruments in actual conditions.” Aeronautical experience in the regulations does not require that you have any actual instrument flight time to obtain your instrument rating.

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Universal Weather

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For more detailed information on specific destinations and high-traffic events within Spain, please visit our articles on: Spain (country-level guide) Madrid Spanish Grand Prix Barcelona Mobile World Congress Barcelona is the second-largest city in Spain and has become even more popular as a business and tourism destination over recent years. If you have a trip to this beautiful and culturally inspiring part of the world, it’s something to look forward to.

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Jetwhine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

As a word merchant and an aviator, words are important. They are the foundation of communication, and in many instances they can be the difference between life and death. “Hold Short” is but one example. Equally important is our semantic understanding of the aviation lexicon, what each of the words mean. Take “accident,” for example. Millions of words have been written and spoken about this word, its outcomes, its trends, and its persistent place in aviation.

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Inspire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

One EAA member chronicles her unique path to aviation – a story of overcoming a lifelong illness and receiving her medical certificate, and how an internet scammer unknowingly inspired it all. The post Becoming Corie first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

In this excerpt from Advanced IFR , by PilotWorkshops, follow along on this scenario-based IFR route selection exercise as we plan a flight from Oceana, CA (L52), to Monterey, CA (KMRY), using ForeFlight Route Advisor. As you can see, there are many variables to consider when planning an IFR route including weather conditions, airspace, aircraft capabilities and ATC preferences.

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Universal Weather

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For more detailed information on specific destinations within Spain, please visit our articles on: Spain (country-level guide) Barcelona Operating to Madrid is relatively uncomplicated, accommodating, and flexible. Making arrangements as soon as your schedule is known is always advised to secure your best options—especially during peak periods. Here’s what you need to know.

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NAFI

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

NAFI NOTAMs #51 Teaching Judgement Through the ACS~Guest Blogger Sarah Rovner, CFII/MEI/DPE “Calculate your pivotal altitude” you say to your fresh new commercial student. It’s his first time doing eights on pylons. While you continue to explain and demonstrate the maneuver, you can’t help but think to yourself “why?” After all, in my short 9 years as an airline pilot, I’ve never done eights on pylons in a 737.

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Inspire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Steve Krog discusses some of the issues designated pilot examiners are coming across during checkrides. The post Checkrides first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Sporty’s 2024 Instrument Rating Course Portal As IFR Month continues at Sporty’s, you can save now on Sporty’s Instrument Rating Course – now $249. Ace your FAA written test, save money during flight training, and become a better pilot with Sporty’s Instrument Rating Course. More than 12 hours of HD video and animations explain everything you need to know to earn your Instrument Rating and feel confident in the clouds.

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Universal Weather

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

For more detailed information on specific destinations within Spain, please visit our articles on: Madrid Barcelona Assuming that parking and hotel accommodations can be arranged at your destinations, Spain is a relatively friendly operating environment for business aviation, even during busier periods. The following is everything you need to know about operating to Spain.

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Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Stir Crazy In aviation safety circles, a mental condition colloquially known as "get-there-itis" characterizes a pilot so mission focused, so determined to reach a destination, that they make unsafe decisions. While accidents might result from dangerous weather, poor fuel management, or hastily overlooked maintenance issues, an underlying root cause may be a pilot falling prey to these situations due to a laser focus on completing the mission in spite of circumstances that make flying unwise.

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Inspire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Printed in 1932, this postcard shows the proposed route that Oshkosh native Clyde Lee planned to take from the United States to Norway. Lee campaigned for his red 1928 Stinson to be painted with the OshKosh B’gosh logo, in hopes that the company from his hometown would sponsor the historic flight. The post EAA’s Attic — Clyde Lee Flight to Oslo Commemorative Postcard and Photo first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

As you’re already aware, earning an instrument rating is a fun and rewarding experience that will provide you with added confidence and make your pilot’s license more powerful. But instrument flying is also unforgiving, and requires more than just passing an FAA checkride – it requires a system of continuing education and proficiency. The instrument training trap – First, a word of caution – while your instrument flying skills and cockpit management techniques will no doubt be sharp when y

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Inspire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Bits and Pieces contributor John Wyman discusses a couple of the more precarious situations he’s found himself in over the years. The post Ruffled Feathers: Close Calls — Expect the Unexpected first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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Inspire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Bits and Pieces contributor Mike Davenport reflects on the challenges he’s experienced as an older pilot. The post Aging Pilots first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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