Free flight training in a used Cirrus? Yes, the Cirrus Embark program does just that. It provides free flight training for recent buyers of used Cirrus aircraft, such as the SR20 and SR22. This is big news; I don’t recall any manufacturer of any aircraft type paying for training for buyers of their used aircraft. … Read more
Did you ever wonder exactly what a tower controller means when he or she says “Make Right Traffic?” It means, fly to a position where you can enter the traffic pattern on the 45, then turn to downwind and fly the traffic pattern. It doesn’t mean to enter on the downwind, or any other way to join … Read more
Air Canada A321 photo by Brian Bukowski, CC BY-SA 2.0Air Canada flight 759 had a near miss at SFO last week, when it inadvertently lined up to land on a taxiway instead of on the runway. FlightAware.com showed the Air Canada Airbus 320 dropping to as low as 175 feet before initiating a go-around and … Read more
You’d think it would be obvious, so you shouldn’t have to tell a student pilot. That was a theme at a recent discussion of flight instructors. Of course everything is obvious in hindsight. This week's Aviation News Talk podcast lists over 20 tips picked up from this discussion. All of these stories are about things … Read more
I was teaching a pilot yesterday and was surprised that he didn't know that his portable ADS-B receiver often won't show the traffic closest to him, which is the most important traffic. I thought everyone understood the limitations of these devices, but apparently not. So that's the topic of the episode 12 of the Aviation … Read more
Flight planning a 1300 NM cross country flight; that's topic of the latest episode of the Aviation News Talk podcast! I'm not saying my techniques are the best way to flight plan a trip, but they are the ones I used for this trip. And I'm sure with listener feedback, I'll learn even better ways to flight … Read more
Recently someone replied to one of my maxtrescott.com blog articles that they hadn’t seen me posting as often to my blog and they wondered why. There are several reasons, but a big one is that I’m now spending a little more time posting on Google Plus and a little less time writing blog articles. So I would like to invite my blog readers to join me on Google+. That doesn’t mean my blog is going away…it just means that we can connect even more regularly elsewhere.
I find that it’s faster and easier for me to create on Google+ that to post a new blog article. Generally I post shorter comments on Google+ and longer comments on my blog. But I can use an unlimited number of words in each Google+ post, so eventually it could replace my blog.
Here’s a link to the videos we shot on Day #3. If you’re on the Facebook and the “Like” button appears below the video, click on those videos you enjoy. More videos coming your way tomorrow.
New products include SkyRadar for the ipad, ACR’s SARLink View Personal Locator Beacon (PLB), SpiderTracks, Dynon SkyView glass cockpit, and Avidyne DFC90 autopilot.
The Comments period on the FAA’s ADS-B NPRM closes in a couple of hours, so hopefully you’ve submitted any comments. Mine are in, though I don’t see them posted yet. Here’s in part what I had to say: ADS-B holds great promise as a key element of a NextGen solution. However, the current proposal could … Read more