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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...

Published 15 Mar 2010 15:54 by John Fiscus

Filed under: simulator, videos, avionics, IFR

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...

Published 5 Feb 2010 12:27 by John Fiscus

Filed under: training, emergencies, simulator, videos

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...

Published 18 Dec 2009 13:00 by John Fiscus

Filed under: training, simulator, videos, CAPS

Simulator Videos: Engine failure after takeoff - land straight ahead

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...

Published 17 Dec 2009 10:11 by John Fiscus

Filed under: training, simulator, videos

Speaking Fluent WAAS: Part 4

Here's the 4th and final video in our Speaking Fluent WAAS seminar. Let us know what you think! Safe flying! -John Fiscus Chief Pilot, The Flight Academy www.theflightacademy.com

Published 7 Dec 2009 10:49 by John Fiscus

Filed under: training, videos

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

Joy of flight

I thought I might share a couple of videos taken over the last week out here in Seattle. This is a really beautiful part of the world for flying! John Fiscus Chief Pilot, The Flight Academy www.theflightacademy.com

Published 10 Dec 2008 12:29 by John Fiscus

Filed under: videos, flying

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