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How to get started learning to fly

Flight Training Central

Also check on the school’s financial stability and refund policy in the event you must withdraw for whatever reason and always be cautious of paying large sums of money up front. maximum weight and 120 knots maximum speed (a Cessna Skycatcher, for example). A Commercial certificate is required essentially to get paid to be a pilot.

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A Port for the Air

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The NTSB ruled the cause of the crash to be the instructor's decision to launch into poor weather conditions, putting the blame with the pilot in command exactly where it belonged. Tragically, her instructor's Cessna Cardinal crashed after departing into severe weather from Cheyenne, Wyoming.

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Everything You Need To Know About Ailerons

Pilot Institute

What Is Aircraft Stability? Stability is the aircrafts tendency to maintain its attitude or orientation. If the aircraft is too stable, itll be very reluctant to change its attitude and wont be very responsive to the pilots control inputs. Lateral stability depends on the aircrafts design.

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What matters for VFR proficiency: better landings

Air Facts

Make this one of the key measures of your pilot proficiency: can you maintain a predetermined airspeed with a maximum deviation of +10/-5 knots (the Private Pilot ACS)? In fact, I believe most pilots need fewer stalls and more slow flight in their training diet (at least after the Private checkride).

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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. For collective and aggressive incompetence, they share Runner-up Stupid Pilot Trick of 2021.

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