Every summer, San Carlos Flight Center holds a 9-week flight training intensive program for high schools students.  SCFC is proud to partner with the Upwind Foundation, a local pilot-run non-profit that raises money to provide scholarships for students to complete the summer program. The Upwind Summer Scholarship Program provides a unique opportunity for high school

Watching airplanes and helicopters as shown in TV shows and movies, is a mixed bag for a pilot. Sometimes, the joy of flying and the procedural integrity is high, and we get to share a bit of our flying world with others. However, more often the entertainment industry gets it very wrong, and we cringe

CFI Herb Patten and Aviation Mechanic Charles Rudolf invite pilots and student pilots into the SCFC maintenance hangar for a closer look at airplane engines and systems, including details of the fuel, ignition, induction and more in this in-person workshop. This is your chance to look "under the cowling" in a way that goes deeper

Want to know what is actually happening up at altitude? The best way to get that is to hear from pilots who are up there. Pilot reports (PIREPs) are a crucial part of the weather picture. It doesn’t matter if we’re flying VFR or IFR, PIREPs are the nowcast of aviation weather: what’s actually happening out

Are you interested in aviation but not sure where to begin? Are you looking to find out more about becoming a pilot with a group of others like yourself? San Carlos Flight Center invites all prospective pilots to attend this workshop to learn about what it takes to become a part of general aviation. This

The process of becoming a better pilot never ends, as SCFC Flight Instructor Henrik Vanitegem found out.  Despite accomplishing his private, commercial, and flight instructor certificates, and accumulating hundreds of hours of flight time, there is so much more still to learn.  Many instructors find that their own flying reaches a new plateau after the

Does the inside of the cockpit start to look like the control room for a nuclear power plant? Seriously, do they need all those instruments and gadgets? Which one are you supposed to watch? Will there be some warning if something is not right? Pilots are given extensive training in how to read flight instruments

If you're recently joined the Club, you may have only met your instructor and one of our Front Desk agents. It's time to meet some other students and pilots. Join us on Thursday, February 13th at 6:30pm for San Carlos Flight Center's Welcome Night to start the new year off right.  We'll welcome in our