Category: flying training

SMAC194 Stalls, Spins, and Type Ratings

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stallsStalls, Spins, and Type Ratings. Welcome to our first episode for the new year.

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Russ is currently at CAE Simuflite in Dallas getting type rated in the Citation II.

Cruise Flight (Stalls, Spins, and Type Ratings):

  • What is a Cruise Clearance? An air traffic controller said this is one of the items most pilots don’t understand.
  • Cruise from Pilot Controller Glossary:
    https://drive.google.com/open?id=192pfGRUn0pzvMufL4e0lYOA8VEiUTXvO
  • The following discussion is from IAN Twombly article December 2018 Flight Training magazine.
  • “Exceeding the critical angle of attack” or “Stalls” how do you train your students? When teaching stalls I usually introduce them not using the word stalls but discuss how we are going to exceed the critical angle of attack. In a recent article in Flight Training magazine “Right Seat: Shake Off Stalls” Ian Twombly discusses this topic.
  • Ian also discusses Spin training for the CFI – I required all of my CFI applicants to do some aerobatic training while getting their spin endorsement. This is how I was taught and I passed that along to my CFI applicants. What do you do? Do you think this is a good idea?

After Landing Checklist:

Picks Of The Week:

Carl – Living In The Age Of Airplanes

Russ – Flying Colorado Mountain Weather

Tom – The Islands of the Bahamas

Links Mentioned In The Podcast:

Pilot Controller Glossary in AIM

Russ’s blog about getting a Citation II type rating

SMAC158 What Flight School Is Best For You?

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Many people make a New Year resolution to obtain their pilot certificate or new rating. Before the year ends and to help you move towards your aviation goal we will discuss what flight school is best for you.

Joining us today is guest host Dan Freeman of the Accelerated Flight School Podcast. Dan recently finished his commercial pilot certificate and is looking to complete his flight instructor certificate in the new year. This led to a a discussion of how to pick a flight school for his certificate. With that in mind we thought it would be a good topic to help you decide what is the best flight school for you to obtain your new rating, certificate, or endorsement in the new year.

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Cruise Flight:

What flight school is best for you?

  • Why are you going to flight school?
  • How long will you be training?
  • Full Time Or Part time?
  • Local or will you travel?
  • Sense of community/flight school activities -VN
  • Financing/discounts available? -VN
  • How to pick a flight instructor -VN
  • Part 61 / Part 141
  • What type of aircraft / how are they maintained
  • Pass rates

After Landing Checklist:

Picks Of The Week:

Carl – AerospaceScholarships.com for all your aerospace scholarship needs!

Russ – Air-Pros.com A great aviation insurance company.

Rick – Super Wings A show for kids on Amazon Instant Video about talking airplanes.

Victoria – Nasa Live Nasa’s live streaming area for all kinds of current and historical videos including Space X rocket landings.

Tom – Graphical Forecast for Aviation This replaced the textual area forecasts.

Dan – AOPA Learn to Fly Initiative