Tips from CSIP's: Staying Proficient - All Comments

re: Alaska 2011 part 2: August

Ty Erickson — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:18:25 GMT

Great memories. Hope to go again!

re: How should I pick a flight school?

John Fiscus — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:24:50 GMT

The transition training blog post can be found here: www.cirruspilots.org/.../cirrus-transition-training-what-to-expect.aspx

re: How should I pick a flight school?

John Fiscus — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:24:10 GMT

Hi Jim!

Your question is a good one and has inspired me to write another post about the transition process. New Cirrus purchasers face an heap of information and sometimes it's nice to have concise views of everything. If the forthcoming post on this blog doesn't answer your questions, I'm always happy to talk on the phone about it (sometimes that's an easier way to make the info flow).

Our office is (206) 219-3720 and my cell is (218) 340-2147

Safe flying!

-John

re: How should I pick a flight school?

Jim West — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:16:57 GMT

John

Thanks for your thoughts. Giving serious consideration to purchasing SR22 G2 Located in West Tennessee. 500 hr pilot with instrument rating, most in 182 but some retract time (Saratoga), No CSIP at location of plane. I live in Mobile Al also no CSIP. I am thinking I would move the plane to a Cirrus Instruction site in the SE and leave it there a week or two or three and commute in the 182 till signed off. Imagine insurance would require this. Is this a feasible plan and what are your locations. Thanks

re: A plan for currency

Bill Hetherington — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:04:16 GMT

I am close to finishing up my transition training in a 22TN and my instruction is right out of the Cirrus transition manual to include workbook and transition syllabus step training requirements. My impression is that it has been very thorough training and it is easy for different instructors to look at the last entries to see where I left off and what the issues might be by the scoring entries. It is true that some instructors might score you differently, and I do not agree with a few of the scores -- I think they are too high -- I am not satisfied but the instructors are very good at asking how I feel I am doing on each task. So, overall it is a very good training system I think. Oh there has been some confusion with differences between turbo and turbo normalized models. Like % power procedures.

Bill H

re: Can I afford to learn to fly?

Daniel Culkin — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:43:33 GMT

I am new to Cirrus. I just obtaine my private pilot's license after 8 months of lessons. I have trained in a Cessna 152 and a Cessna 172 and have a combined 90 hours. I purchased a 2007 cirrus SR22 with 1440 hours and had a substantial engine work done to obtain airworthiness. I have hired a cirrus certified instructor and plan to fly with him for 5 days with final deliver of the plane to my home base. I am excited but anxious and a little nervous. Any comments from those more expeienced?

re: Top 10 Emergency Memory Items

Johnny Whittaker — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:45:31 GMT

Thanks, sometime we have to be refreshed. Very important to be automatic.

re: A plan for currency

Giuseppe Caltabiano — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 23:44:36 GMT

Yes... It is the document which name ends with ".pdf"!!!!

re: A plan for currency

John Fiscus — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:53:30 GMT

The syllabus suite is at the bottom of the article, just above this comment. Sometimes it can be a little hard to find.

re: You don't see many approaches like this...

Antony Chesworth — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 02:47:28 GMT

I'm hopefully flying there this weekend from Blackpool, UK if they can sort me out with some parking.

re: EAPIS: Working Pretty Well, Actually

John Fiscus — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:05:37 GMT

Hi Tommy

I'm not Luke but I can answer your question. Customs won't make a big deal out of it at all if you have the receipt but no decal - they're well aware of how long it takes to turn these things around. Going further, it's actually ok to arrive with no decal purchased! You can buy one on the spot when you show up in the US and it'll only take 4 or 5 minutes to fill out the paperwork. I have done this with many clients and it's completely a non event.

That said, we just ordered our 2012 decals and had them about 10 days after I placed the order. Yours may show up a lot sooner than they estimate.

Safe flying,

-John

re: EAPIS: Working Pretty Well, Actually

Tommy Daniel — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:18:14 GMT

Luke,

When you return to the U.S. does customs make a big deal about your decal? I have ordered a new current one and have the receipt but as anything goes with the government they tell me it may take 4-6 wks. to receive. I did call customs in West Palm Beach and they told me if I have the receipt I should be okay. Any thoughts?

re: CFI Renewal - Gleim Online

Larry Reinstein — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:32:30 GMT

How does the GLEIM compare with the AOPA JEPP online CFI renewal?

re: You don't see many approaches like this...

Jeffrey Willwerth — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:46:50 GMT

Check out the approach into LSZA (Lugano, Switzerland). The GS is 6.65 degrees! If you follow the GS on down, you'll lose almost 2000' in just 2.7nm!

re: An interesting TAF

Scott Dennstaedt — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:23:11 GMT

As I said, it is probably the most misunderstood forecast in aviation. Sort of like when pilots don't want to run their airplane LOP because they believe it'll hurt the engine. In fact, I've written a couple of articles about non-convective LLWS and developed a couple of workshops so pilots can really understand what it is and not to be afraid of it.

In general I've had quite the opposite experience with this forecast. Most of the time the air is glassy smooth. So I am quite happy to see it. Ever fly at night when the air is clear and winds at the surface are calm? I can almost guarantee you that you will fly through non-convective LLWS when you land or depart and don't even know it. That's all courtesy of a nocturnal temperature inversion.