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Alaska 2011: Two trips this year
Wow! Interest in our Alaska trip has been going up steadily but we saw a serious jump this year. Our June trip is now completely booked! Since we were still getting phone calls about it, we've worked with the lodge to open a second trip in August...
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7 Apr 2011 10:12
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Flying to Australia - Home Again
We have Chase and Luke back here in the US after their trip over the Pacific to the other side of the world. They're both pretty beat but very happy to be home. I think it'll be a few days before their sleep schedules return to normal, but we're...
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Thoughts on landings-It's all about energy.
By Luke Lysen This article is an email response to one of our clients who wrote us asking about the dangers of landing. We thought it would be good to share the content of that message with the rest of our COPA readership. ---------------------------...
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21 Jul 2010 12:57
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Simulator Videos: Executing A Missed Approach
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...
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29 Jun 2010 9:20
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CFI Renewal - Gleim Online
I have had a number of instructors ask me about the methods I use to renew my CFI. While it's true you can take in the 8710 forms of students if you passed 5 of them, we don't always have that many sign offs if you stay busy doing transition and...
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9 Jun 2010 10:21
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Alaska Trip 2010 - Last Minute Opening and Discount
We have had a last minute cancellation on our Alaska trip and due to the deposit given we're able to offer a 40% discount on anybody wanting to fill the spot. We'll all meet up in Seattle on afternoon of the 11th and do a tour of the Boeing Museum...
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3 Jun 2010 11:24
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The day I flew over a volcano (with video)
By Luke Lysen Last week I was ferrying a Cirrus SR20 from Las Vegas to Rabat and then Marrakech, Morocco (it was a great trip and true adventure... but more on that later). To cross the Atlantic Ocean I took the northern route from Goose Bay, Canada to...
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9 Apr 2010 21:32
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Experimental 787 Takeoff Video
We're pretty fortunate in having our place on Boeing Field here in Seattle. We're doubly fortunate in that Boeing has 3 of the 4 experimental 787s located about 300 yards from where I sit each day and we have a wall of windows for watching. Today's...
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2 Apr 2010 10:21
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Urgent PIREPs and ugly weather
We're having quite the afternoon here in the Pacific Northwest. Thanks to a sizeable Low pressure and associated cold front, we're having wind shear and SLD causing some interesting PIREPS. Here's one just 60 miles north of our base in Seattle...
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16 Mar 2010 15:45
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Simulator Videos: IFR Takeoff Setup
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...
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15 Mar 2010 15:54
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CPPP in Vegas: Success in spite of weather
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...
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10 Mar 2010 15:49
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Simulator Videos: Smoke in the cockpit
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...
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5 Feb 2010 12:27
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Simulator Videos: Shooting an ILS Approach
In this video, we're going to demonstrate the proper procedures for shooting an ILS approach. We'll look at configurations, speeds, and a few common mistakes that we see people make. I'm using the ILS to 13R at KBFI. If you want to pull up...
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28 Jan 2010 12:51
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Simulator Videos: VFR departure briefing
In this video, I will demonstrate a VFR departure briefing along with a departure which utilizes some of that briefing. It is important that pilots be aware of what they're about to launch into... but many people I train with aren't as ready as...
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5 Jan 2010 10:44
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Simulator Videos: Engine failure after takeoff - CAPS save
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...
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18 Dec 2009 13:00
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