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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...

Published 16 Mar 2010 15:45 by John Fiscus

Filed under: ice, flight planning, weather

Icing Insight: Cirrus Accident Near Truckee (Feb 2005)

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...

Published 28 Nov 2009 11:50 by John Fiscus

Filed under: simulator, winter, ice, videos, weather, accidents, Flight training

The Return of Icing Season

It happens every year: G.A. pilots find themselves in icing with no easy outs. Terrain limits descent, the clouds are too high (or the ice too thick) to climb, and the only way to exit visible moisture is to deviate and land via an impromptu approach...

Published 28 Oct 2009 15:48 by John Fiscus

Filed under: winter, ice, weather, IFR

Newest Addition to our Family

I would like to introduce N877KC, a FIKI Turbo SR22 with the GTS - X package and Perspective avionics. We're very proud of this new aircraft for the training opportunities it represents. As a Turbo, we're able to conduct high altitude training...

Published 12 Jun 2009 16:51 by John Fiscus

Filed under: training, ice, avionics, garmin, perspective

Exciting News!

We've been very busy at The Flight Academy these last few months. We're working on updating our simulator programs, gearing up for our next Alaska Adventure, and are most pleased to announce that we now have a brand new FIKI SR22 Perspective Turbo...

Published 8 Jun 2009 14:13 by John Fiscus

Filed under: training, ice, perspective

Icing Tips

Over in the SR forums there's a good discussion going about icing. Plenty of stories, pictures, and advice. I thought I'd repost my response to that over here in my blog, but please do check out the thread: http://www.cirruspilots.org/forums/p...

Published 2 Dec 2008 11:14 by John Fiscus

Filed under: training, tips, ice

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