Results for "pilot lessons"

Top-level pages

  • The Signs Were There - when not to fly!

    Today I got some flying experience.  I learned a lesson or two!  Nature...n to land in difficult conditions.  It wasn't sore before I left. Lessons: 1. Area forecast: VRB/15...

  • Ever thought about flying up into Canada eh?

    I have had a few short dicussions with some U.S. WSC pilots about bringing their rigs up...Copa (the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association website.)U.S. re...nated. TC still requires U.S. pilots flying LSA aircraft in Canad...nt records of all owners. The pilot/owner of an AULA is responsib...

  • Australia Flying-- Questions from the Yanks

    G'day Ozzies, Was wonderin' if you could answer some questions a...er local color. Is a US Sportpilot license recognized in Austral...reciprocity for a US Private Pilot license WSC straightforward?...w what major differences a US pilot might find in Oz?   &nb...ll these things and more Yank Pilots...

  • Im' going to ...

    A huge C-5 cargo plane was sitting near where a trike was waiting to take off. The trike pilot got a little nervous because the military plane was closer than normal, and asked the tower to find o...

  • Threat Error Management Report for Moira Shire Council.

    Threat Error Management Report for Moira Shire Council. Area: Yarrawonga Aerodrome inn...e. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Aircrew, pilot only, was not injured but very shaken up. 4. Piper Warrior single pilot o...

  • Flying is for the Birds- (Excellent article on how cool birds are)

          Proficient Pilot: Flying is for the birds VFR creatures...this beautiful piece of prose is well known to pilots, it could not have been mean...rdo da Vinci some 500 years ago, there were no pilots....

  • Time to smell the roses

    I posted this blog on trikepilot social, but I seriously suspect that I w...idents. Now I know many of you trike pilots are thinking this but I will...fe lost affects many other lives. The pilots that perished flying your ma...;Craig, like Gerry was an experienced pilot....

  • Remembering TWA

    You remember TWA (Trans World Airlines) don't you? Well I do, as one day at LAX...land and Greenland, then down into England. The pilot brought all engines up to pow...an engine at the point of no return on takeoff. The pilot h...

  • Best Gibbo wing for an HKS700e motor

    This is my dilemma, I really like Gibbo wings, in pictures they look like they are b...the best match?  I am not a cross country pilot, I am a patch flyer. But I am...to give me better ability of hauling two people (a pilot a...