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Emergency Signaling: ELT’s and PLB’s
Emergency Signaling: ELT’s and PLB’s
**Due to the COVID-19 public health crisis, this seminar will only be available for online viewing. IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE WILL NOT BE PERMITTED.** Click here to learn more about online viewing. Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) are becoming cheaper and more reliable. Why would a pilot need a PLB if they already have an onboard ELT? How
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American Flight 587 and the Importance of VA
American Flight 587 and the Importance of VA
**Due to the COVID-19 public health crisis, this seminar will only be available for online viewing. IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE WILL NOT BE PERMITTED.** Click here to learn more about online viewing. Sometimes we think certain things would never happen, until they do. For the majority of us pilots, we try to always prepare for the
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Flying the SF Bay Tour
Flying the SF Bay Tour
**Due to the COVID-19 public health crisis, this seminar will only be available for online viewing. IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE WILL NOT BE PERMITTED.** Click here to learn more about online viewing. Flying in the San Francisco Bay area is spectacular, a real privilege for local pilots. The Pacific Ocean, a dramatic coastline, beautiful hills,
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Weather Theory Refresher
Weather Theory Refresher
**Due to the COVID-19 public health crisis, this seminar will only be available for online viewing. IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE WILL NOT BE PERMITTED.** Click here to learn more about online viewing. Weather can play a huge factor in any pilots pre-flight planning and actual flight. Weather is a complex subject that can affect an
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Radio Communication Basics
Radio Communication Basics
**Due to the COVID-19 public health crisis, this seminar will only be available for online viewing. IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE WILL NOT BE PERMITTED.** Click here to learn more about online viewing. Flying through SF Bay Area airspace requires a high degree of situational awareness and sophisticated radio skills. And yet, radio communication is rarely
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Destination: American Southwest & the Tucson “Boneyard”
Destination: American Southwest & the Tucson “Boneyard”
Are you considering venturing to the American Southwest for an adventure of a lifetime? Along with expanding your flight planning knowledge, experience the joyous southwestern sights throughout the beautiful spring months, and experience a blast from the past touring the “Airplane Boneyard” in Tucson, AZ. Long cross-country flights require plenty of planning all of
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Adventures in Crosswinds
Adventures in Crosswinds
Adventures in Crosswinds Handout Do you remember in your training when you feared the crosswind landing? Perhaps at some level you still do. Did you find yourself preferring to land at Haward instead of San Carlos? Do you feel there are normal landings and crosswind landings? Dan Dyer and San Carlos Flight Center, the only
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Mountain Flying
Mountain Flying
**Due to the COVID-19 public health crisis, this seminar will only be available for online viewing. IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE WILL NOT BE PERMITTED.** Click here to learn more about online viewing. Flying in the mountains can be some of the most amazingly beautiful and satisfying flying you may ever accomplish. But it comes with increased risk,
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How Flight Sim Training Improved my Radio as a Pilot
How Flight Sim Training Improved my Radio as a Pilot
**Due to the COVID-19 public health crisis, this seminar will only be available for online viewing. IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE WILL NOT BE PERMITTED.** Click here to learn more about online viewing. Speaking on the radio with ATC embodies a lot of a pilots workload. Sometimes pilots like to speak too much while transmitting on frequency,
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User Waypoints: an Under-Utilized Feature of ForeFlight
User Waypoints: an Under-Utilized Feature of ForeFlight
Have you ever flown over an interesting, easily-identifiable visual landmark, but look and discover it’s not on the VFR Chart? ForeFlight, the popular electronic flight tool for iPad, has a solution. You can now select your own user-defined waypoints within the app, allowing you to navigate more safely through complex airspace. San Carlos