Ground School Refresher: Reading Performance Charts
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:Aircraft manufacturers present performance data in tabular or graphical form, and attempt to indicate how the aircraft will perform in a variety of different atmospheric conditions and power settings. Usually
A Day in the Life of a Charter Pilot
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:It's impossible to learn the answer to every situation while you are a student pilot. Most of a pilot’s learning happens after becoming a private pilot, and continues with every
Storm Area 51 – They Can’t Stop All of the Bay Flight Fleet
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:Make sure you're current to take passengers because we're flying all the aliens back the Bay Area
Radio Communications 3 – Non-towered Airports
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:Flying in and out of the many airports in California requires a high degree of situational awareness and sophisticated radio skills. And yet, radio communication is rarely taught as a
What I learned Building my Own Airplane
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:Flying an airplane can be fun in itself, but what about building your own? That lifelong childhood dream of building you own real airplane might be coming true; but what
Charter Pilot
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:Ben Taber talks about being a charter pilot.
Vandenberg Air Force Base Space and Missile Heritage Center
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:Vandenberg Air Force Base is first and foremost an active-duty military installation, as well as the preeminent west-coast spaceport and test range. It provides indispensable launch, landing, and range capabilities
BAY FLIGHT 2019
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:BAY FLIGHT 2019 is a one-day aviation conference for SF Bay Area pilots on Saturday, October 26, 2019. The event will bring together pilots, aircraft owners, air traffic controllers, and
Ground School Refresher: Airport Signs and Markings
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:Pop quiz: What is the new ICAO standard marking for a taxiway approaching a runway? What markings differ between a blast pad and a displaced threshold and what does that
Mid-Air Collision Avoidance and NUQ Operations
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:With airspace only getting busier, more aircraft are flying closer to each other every day. We as pilots need to be vigilant about other traffic around us at all times,