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Hard Landing? It’s all in the eyes!
During the approach, flare, and touchdown, vision is very important. To provide good peripheral vision and good judgment of height and movement, the pilot’s head should assume a natural, straight-ahead position. The pilot’s visual focus should not be fixed on any one side or any one spot ahead of the airplane, but should be changing slowly from a point just over the airplane’s nose to the desired touchdown zone and back again, while maintaining a deliberate awareness of distance from […]
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“10 Things other pilots do wrong”.
10 Things Other Pilots Do Wrong.
1) Airport Airheads.
* Prop Blast.
* Blinding strobes at night.
* Thoughtless tactics. (Rental or flight school air craft)
-2000 RPM cold starts.
-Throttle slam.
-Unnecessary door slam.
*Blocking Taxiway. (This may be a problem, However do not allow the “Hurry up” mentality to cause you to skip a run up)
2) Pet Peeves
*Pilots not listening before calling. Just stop and listen!
*Too much position reporting.
*Too much chatting
3) Pattern Predicaments.
*Strung […]
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Tagged air, aircraft, airlines, airplane, ATP, aviation, Aviation Articles, business aviation, Corporate charter, flight instructor, flight school, flying, general aviation, pilot, pilots, pirvate pilot, plane
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American Flyers of Atlanta, GA
American Flyers of Atlanta, GA
For more then 70 years American Flyers has been training men and women from around the country to fly. In one of there 8 locations you are able to complete any course from the private pilot certificate to the Airline Transportation Professional (ATP). If you have always dreamed of a career in aviation but not sure if it’s for you, you can start your journey with an introductory flight. A certified flight instructor will put […]
My path to the Boeing 767
Delta Air Lines Pilot Jim Tuley
“If I miss more than 3 days in the air it’s because I’m home in bed sick”. That was the response I received to my question, how often do you get to fly?
Let me introduce you to veteran pilot and aviation enthusiast Jim Tuley.
Born in Chicago in the late 70”s later moving to Atlanta, GA Jim was all about aviation from just a child. Following in the foot steps of his […]
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Tagged air, aircraft, airplane, airport, ASA, aviation, boeing, boeing 767, Corporate charter, delta airlines, flight instructor, flight lessons, flight school, fly, flying, md88, pilot
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Will you have the pleasure By Tommy Eldridge
As I write this I am on the porch of a cabin over looking the Blue Ridge Mountains. The snow is now several days old and nearly gone. The clouds are scattered around 5000 feet and a little cool but, mostly sunny.
As I look across the beauty of the land my mind drifts to another time when I had much the same view but from a few thousand feet above.
I […]
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Tagged air plane, aircraft, airlines, airplane, Aviation Articles, flight instructor, flight school, pilot
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