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  • Cross-Country Flight Plan Calculations

    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.   Planning for a long cross-country flight involves a lot of thinking ahead. There’s weather analysis, route selection, and planning for alternatives. There’s also

  • BONUS STREAM- A Peak Into the Virtual Skies with VATSIM

    San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:

    Join us tonight as we showcase VATSIM, a virtual air traffic control network where you can hook up your flight simulator, interact with a real Air Traffic Controller, and follow real-world procedures; just as you would in real life.  VATSIM has a broad range of possibilities, where you can re-enact the classic VFR-IFR Departure procedure

  • Ground School Refresher: 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 if the airport you

  • Emergency Signaling: ELT’s and PLB’s

    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. 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

  • American Flight 587 and the Importance of VA

    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.   Sometimes we think certain things would never happen, until they do. For the majority of us pilots, we try to always prepare for the

  • Flying the SF Bay Tour

    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 in the San Francisco Bay area is spectacular, a real privilege for local pilots. The Pacific Ocean, a dramatic coastline, beautiful hills,

  • Weather Theory Refresher

    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.     Weather can play a huge factor in any pilots pre-flight planning and actual flight.  Weather is a complex subject that can affect an

  • Radio Communication 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

  • Destination: American Southwest & the Tucson “Boneyard”

    San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:

      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

  • Adventures in Crosswinds

    San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:

    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