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Edwin Link patented the first simulator in 1929, and at the time they were used to train military and mail carrier pilots about the intricacies of instrument flying. Today there are a plethora of choices for both professional and GA (General Aviation) pilots. Simulator As defined by the FAA as full size...
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The Vegas CPPP is coming in just a few weeks and we're starting to book our Full Motion Simulator for the days before and after the event. If you'd like to come to Vegas a little early or stay a little later, let us know and we'll get you on the schedule. We still have some room left but...
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At each of the more popular CPPP weekend recurrent training events , we encourage COPA members to bring their right-seat partners for the Partner in Command (PIC) course. The course spends 3 hours on the Saturday morning exploring how a partner can handle the incapacitation of the pilot -- ways to use...
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As an ongoing series of blog posts revolving around the simulator, I thought that I would discuss some common flight scenarios and how the simulator can help prepare you should you encounter these scenarios in the “real world.” From an instructor’s perspective, these are some of the...
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As a retired airline pilot and current CSIP, I find SimTrain’s full motion SR20/22 simulator to be a unique and indispensable training tool which takes general aviation flight training to another level. Training scenarios such as windsheer during an instrument approach and loss of the airport environment...
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In this video series, we're going to show how to properly execute a missed approach along with some of the common errors that we see in pilots who have not done this kind of thing in the last few months. These are the last of the videos we shot last August (and thus the last with the poor sound and...
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Recently an off-airport fatal accident happened in Morton, WA when the engine lost power during cruise. Another incident occurred not long ago in Buttonville, Ontario during which loss of engine power on departure caused the pilot to attempt a return to the airport. If your airplane loses power, you’re...
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Although the winter season and subsequent threat of icing for pilots are behind us, another familiar seasonal nemesis is upon us. Can you guess what it might be? I am referring to fog. Silent and sometimes impossible to predict, this weather phenomenon does not always follow the rules. For example, thunderstorms...
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Sorry for the brief hiatus from posting these videos, things have been busy for us here at The Flight Academy. This is good news, but it doesn't leave me a lot of spare time to indulge my writing habit. Hopefully things will quiet down enough in the near future for me to write more. I have a couple...
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We had a great CPPP event this last weekend in Las Vegas and I wanted to take a second to say thank you to all who made this event happen. Thanks especially to all the attendees! Without all of you, none of the rest of us would have been there. It's great to see so many pilots interested in aviation...
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One of the best things about simulator training is that we can make all kinds of things happen that we can't even get close to simulating in the real airplane. If you've been following our video series then you've already seen a few of those situations. In this video, we're going to demonstrate...
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Here's the third in our video series about what you could do if your engine fails shortly after takeoff. In the last videos (found here and here) we first looked at what would happen if the pilot attempted to return to the airport, with disastrous results. Next we tried to land straight ahead in...
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Here's the second in our video series about what you could do if your engine fails shortly after takeoff. In the last video (found here ) we looked at what would happen if the pilot attempted to return to the airport, with disastrous results. Turning back to the airport is generally a recipe for...
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Over in the Cirrus Flying forum, Ted Cohen posted a link to one of the best summaries of this accident that I've seen yet. AOPA did the study and has actual audio from the accident overlain into a pretty thorough discussion of the decision making points leading to the occurrence. The results aren't...
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IFR rated pilots use numerous acronyms, phrases and checklists to remind themselves to gather all the necessary information to properly set up and fly an instrument approach. You may recall the W-I-R-E check. After years of using various “reminders”, I offer the one I like best and always...