About Mike Gozzo, owner and CFI of the Piper J3 Cub I grew up on Chester Airport as a kid. My father and his two partners bought N68952 and installed the O-200 engine to tow gliders for the glider club that resided at the airport for years. We spent a winter completely rebuilding N68952, and […]
In 2009, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration reported a rate of 1.13 fatal car accidents per 100 million vehicle miles. In 2009 the National Transportation Safety Board statistic showing an aircraft fatal accident rate of 1.32 per 100,000 hours flown in GA aircraft. Assuming typical aircraft speed of 150 miles per hour, fatal aircraft […]
There are two classes of Airspace: Uncontrolled airspace Class G is the only uncontrolled airspace Uncontrolled airspace is airspace in which ATC is not authorized to provide separation services for IFR flights Controlled airspace All other classes of airspace Some applicants believe Class E is Uncontrolled because they are not required to be under ATC […]
I’ve always been amazed by the BRS whole airplane parachute. Here is a great article that just came out which addresses the system, the costs, and why they are beneficial. http://www.flyingmag.com/technique/proficiency/brs-benefits-whole-airplane-parachute-systems?page=0,0&dom=fb
There are more and more videos popping up of pilots who happened to be filming when an emergency happens. I ran across such footage on youtube of a fella flying a X-Air standard in Australia I believe. His engine quit at 300′ feet and he had to make an off airport landing. Though he came […]
I have a few students who have a tough time speaking correctly over the radio and using the right terms at the right time. It’s a simple process but seems to always be confusing at the start, or even confusing if you never really learned it properly. Here is a great guide I found online. […]
This Piper Cub had a very hard landing after the 18 year old pilot experienced engine problems and didn’t put it down soft enough. Looks like he walked away fine though. Hopefully he didn’t face plant with the instrument panel.
By Aleks Udris (@udri) Friday, 04/25/2014 http://www.boldmethod.com/learn-to-fly/cfis/basic-solo-endorsements/ ——————————————————————————————————————— There’s nothing quite like signing your first student off for a solo flight. If you’re anything like I was, both you and the student are nervous. The student’s nervous about the flight. You’re not worried about the student – he’s ready to go. It’s the myriad of […]
The cross country training requirement for sport pilots is quite simple. It requires 2 hours of cross-country dual flight training. That’s easy enough. Then it requires a simple solo cross country trip. This is usually something to be accomplished towards the end of your training when you are getting ready to take the practical exam […]
Here is a great article I found on good wheel landing technique. http://bellanca-championclub.com/WheelLandings.html