Operating at Truckee Airport
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. Truckee Airport is the gateway to Lake Tahoe. The spectacular views of Lake Tahoe are a short flight away, but pilots need to be
Useful Rules of Thumbs for Aviators and How We Came Up With Them
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. Aviators use rules of thumb because they provide simple techniques to solve, quickly, possible time critical aviation problems. Often, the simple calculations offered in rules
Destination: Colorado
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. Mountainous terrain, high density altitudes, steep approaches, and much more face a pilots challenging journey to Colorado. Luckily, upon arrival a pilot can be
IFR Distilled – The Essence of IFR Flight
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. IFR flying involves juggling many tasks: precise navigation, controlling the aircraft by use of the instruments, managing automation, interpreting and following arrival, approach or
Challenges Facing Bay Area Coast Guard Pilots
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. Water rescues, stranded boaters, and capsized boats require immediate response from the Coast Guard to save lives. The Coast Guard practices every day for
Hayward Tower Operations
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:San Carlos Flight Center invites Michael Osburn, an Air Traffic Controller at Hayward Executive Tower to discuss how pilots can better understand local procedures and ATC instructions. Michael will provide a big picture view of air traffic in the Bay Area, what ATC see’s of pilots and airplanes on their radar, then narrowing down to
Decoding Bay Area Approach Plates
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. For many new instrument pilots, approach plates can seem daunting. Approach plates are fundamental for instrument flight into an airport. With the various amounts
NO Safety Seminars on August 26th or 29th.
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:During the week of August 24th through August 29th the twice a week safety seminar program is taking a brief hiatus. This hiatus is needed to allow for the transition the Flight Center from its existing facility to a new location. During this time, we invite members to watch one of the 300+ previously recorded
Vandenberg Space Launch Patrol
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:Vandenberg Space Launch Patrol OUR MISSION: To view from the air a rocket launch from Vandenberg Space Port 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 to the nation. The