Time for you to fly after you get your Pilot's License
Time for you to fly after you get your Pilot's License
Since the first time we hopped into an airplane, we have heard our instructor implore us to “stay ahead of the airplane!” Nearly 50 years ago, it was much easier to shut out the world and focus on our flying. However, today things are different. Let’s face it, many of us live in a world …
Let’s admit it, that has not looked skyward with wonder as well as regard as the Thunderbirds, Snowbirds or Blue Angels did their complex maneuvers and also stated, “How do they do that?”Well, the reality is, these development aerobatic demos are the item of lengthy hrs of training, extraordinary trip self-control, and also immaculately ready …
What do freshly produced personal pilots and also seasoned examination pilots– you understand, those individuals with the Right Stuff– share? Both expect examining their abilities by flying much faster and also extra tough airplane. Pupils worldwide’s elite Test Pilot institutions are anticipated to assess and also fly a wide range of various airplane prior to …
During the Cold War period from the 1950s until the mid-1990s, thousands of young military aviators fresh out of flight schools in the sunbelt states found themselves assigned to brand-new bases in places like Great Falls, Montana; Minot, North Dakota; the Upper Peninsula of Michigan; and Loring, Maine. The requirement to defend the nation from …
It seems like everyone has an opinion about what makes up a successful landing. Chuck Yeager may have said it best when he surmised, “If you can walk away from a landing, it’s a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it’s an outstanding landing.” Specific landing techniques and procedures are as varied as the …
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Advertisement There is more to the relationship between airspeed, energy management and aircraft control than meets the eye. The fighter pilot’s motto, “Speed is Life,” is the gospel in combat, where those who are most skillful at energy management generally win the fight. Multi-engine pilots know that precise air speed control is critical when engines …
Advertisement Situational awareness, or “SA,” as it is often referred to in military circles, is a valuable commodity for all pilots. The best fighter pilots have it in spades. However, the drivers surrounding you during your morning commute seem to have very little of it. And, worse, the people with their shopping carts exiting the …
Advertisement In addition to being first through the sound barrier, Chuck Yeager was the originator of that low-key distinctive West Virginia drawl that generations of military pilots mimicked if they wanted to be guilty of having the “right stuff.” No matter how serious the emergency, pilots have taken his lead and sounded cool, calm and …