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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: BVS UUA /OV YVR150035/TM 2225/FL150/TP DH8C...
    Posted to Tips from CSIP's: Staying Proficient by John Fiscus on 16 Mar 2010
    Filed under: ice, flight planning, weather, The Flight Academy
  • 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 points leading to the occurrence. The results aren't...
    Posted to Tips from CSIP's: Staying Proficient by John Fiscus on 28 Nov 2009
    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 ... and the ice continues to build while the decision...
    Posted to Tips from CSIP's: Staying Proficient by John Fiscus on 28 Oct 2009
    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 and oxygen system familiarization. With the Perspective...
    Posted to Tips from CSIP's: Staying Proficient by John Fiscus on 12 Jun 2009
    Filed under: training, ice, avionics, garmin, perspective
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