Radio Communications 1: Radio Basics
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country: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 taught
Death Valley Bloom
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:We are in flying distance of Death Valley, one of the most beautiful places on earth during the spring desert flower bloom. This usually occurs between mid February through mid May but depends on several variable such as amount and timing of rainfall, winds and temperature. We have to maintain social distancing from each other
Airport of the Month: Marina Municipal Airport (KOAR)
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:An airport under the Monterey Charlie Airspace and near the beach, the Marina Municipal Airport is the newest general aviation airport on the Monterey Peninsula. It consists of approximately 845.5 acres of property. It has been open for public use since 1995 and is dynamic and growing. This is a great place to practice flying
GSR: VFR Charts
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country: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. Do you know how to identify where certain VFR reporting waypoints are on a chart? Do you know how to determine if the airport
4 Things You Should Have Learned in Your First 10 Hours
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country: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. What we learn first, we learn best. The Law of Primacy says it is critical that some things should be learned early in flight
You’re Not the Only Pilot in the Sky
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country: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. The radio frequency is a precious and shared resource, with every pilot on frequency hearing everyone else’s good, bad, and ugly transmissions. Radio skills
IFR New (No) MOON Flyers
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:New this year for IFR pilots, New (No) Moon Flyers. The night does not get any darker and the terrain disappears. This month, the official New Moon is March 13th and if you are IFR current and proficient, lets fly to Castle (KMER) and back sometime from March 11 through March 16th. . The valley
An Overview of the WINGS Program
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country: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. Dealing with a Post-Covid environment means there will be changes to the way we fly and what we have relied on to keep us safe.
IFR Currency – The Devil in the Details
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country: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. There is a thin overcast layer at 800 at your destination and you are ready to fly the ILS which shouldn’t be too hard