Before each flight, you execute a preflight inspection of the aircraft you will be going to fly in. You ensure that it’s airworthy, legal and safe to try the skies. That’s an important step that you need to never, ever skip. Another item to be sure of is one which might not maintain your aircraft…
Probably the most important aspects of your flight instruction is your flight instructor. Before you start your own flight training you need to make sure that your own flight instructor is someone who you will definitely get along with and learn from easily. This really is extremely important. When you are deciding who to employ…
When we first start learning how to fly, the Knowledge bucket is just as full as we have made it. (Actually, at the start of flight training, the Knowledge bucket may be almost empty!) If we have studied hard, listened and taken notes during all our earth classes, and dedicated most of it into memory,…
Sport Pilots can be trained and qualified to fly in Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) such as airplanes, weight-shift aircraft, powered parachutes, gliders, and lighter-than-air (airships or balloons). The Experimental Aircraft Association also believes that gyroplanes will shortly be contained in the LSA category, making a total of six distinct forms of aircraft that the sport…
Everybody has heard the story of the boy that cried wolf. In Search and Rescue, we have a very similar situation involving ELTs (Emergency Locator Transmitters). The ELT is a excellent device designed to provide a timely response to a critical, potentially life-threatening, situation. But most ELT activations are false alarms, whereas many actual emergencies…
Almost 60 years ago, the sound barrier was thought impossible to pass. Yet soon after the X-1’s victory, programs were already in the works to take us beyond Mach 1 and to supersonic flight (Mach 1- Mach 5). But to cross another barrier of hypersonic flight (any speed greater than Mach 5), drastic problems would…
If you are going to a country lying in the distant part of the world from your house, you are most want to take plane, if your trip isn’t sea cruise. Plane is the fastest and the easiest way to reach your point of destination, but sometimes not the cheapest one. If you are traveling…
The secret to combating jet lag, and arriving at your destination with little or no jet lag, lies in sound preparation well in advance of your date of travel. This, however, is only the foundation of your”anti jet lag” plan and all of your sound preparatory work will be wasted if you do not also…
Flying can be an adventure, but like everything else in life, there are small risks. Despite the fact that flying is the safest way to travel in this modern age, here are some tips to minimize any unfortunate, but unlikely event of an emergency situation. Try to only fly nonstop routings Takeoff, climb, descent, and…
Do not let jet lag spoil that much needed holiday trip to paradise or stop you from closing that career enhancing deal you’ve been working on for months. Arriving filled with excitement and anticipation is great, but finding that you can’t sleep at night, you are tired during the day and you have an upset…
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