December 2008 - Tips from CSIP's: Staying Proficient
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"Activate Vectors-To-Final?" Written by Erin Oliver You are nearing your destination on an IFR flight, and have just left the airway on an ATC vector to the final approach course. You now want to activate the approach procedure that you had...
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Written by Luke Lysen Today in Seattle (Kirkland actually) we had a weather phenomenon that I had never heard of before, Thundersnow. It is a very cool anomaly. It kind of makes you rethink thunderstorms and what causes them. Typically we think of hot...
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We're in for a fun weekend here in Seattle. Have a look: If anybody is planning on flying themselves up this way, I might suggest making an alternate plan. Safe flying! John Fiscus Chief Pilot, The Flight Academy www.theflightacademy.com
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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
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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...
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The FAA has now published an online A/FD (the green book). You can find it with effective dates here: http://www.avn.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=naco/online/d_afd All information you'd normally get from that book is available for free via the FAA and updated...