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How to Be a Good Safety Pilot. In this episode I am joined by Russ, Tom, Larry, and Rick join me to discuss what a safety pilot is, what the rules are, and what the responsibilities are.
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“How to be a good Safety Pilot”
- What do the FAR/AIM have to say? 14 CFR 91.109
- When can an average Private Pilot License not be an Safety Pilot?
- What items are worth considering and discussing with the Pilot In Command to ensure a safe/successful flight?
- What should the Pilot In Command and Safety Pilot discuss before they fire up the engine?
- How does Safety Pilot time get entered into the Safety Pilot’s logbook?
- What differences between Safety Pilot and instructor?
- What are the “must do” items the Safety Pilot should be doing? What are the extras?
- Under what conditions should the Safety Pilot do more than just point out something to the Pilot In Command?
- How did BasicMed change the definition of who could be Safety Pilot?
- Should the Safety Pilot be willing to pay his pro-rata share for aircraft rental?
The topic is one that is both easy to understand and easy to misunderstand. And sometimes there is lots of misinformation being repeated on the interwebz.
Which is why I think a discussion with your podcast crew would be a good topic.
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Carl – Central Florida Aerospace Academy: a school right on the campus of Sun N Fun!
Tom – FltPlanGo App: A digital flight planning and logbook that is free. It’s great as a starting point if you are just getting started.
Larry – Learn more about WWII Top Ace and Test Pilot Richard Bong
AND the Bong Recreation Area
Russ – Da Nang Diary: A Forward Air Controller’s Gunsight View of Flying with SOG, a book from a forward gunner’s perspective in Vietnam.
Rick – Carrot Weather: A snarky weather app for smartphones, which includes augmented reality.
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