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Radio Communications 3: Non-Towered Airport Communications
Radio Communications 3: Non-Towered Airport Communications
**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 and out of the many airports in California requires a high degree of situational awareness and sophisticated radio skills. And yet, radio
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Operation Columbia
Each airplane will fly to Columbia and take pictures of the following: 1. most historic looking selfie 2. most beautiful flower seen in Columbia 3. oldest gravestone found at the Columbia Cemetery and 4. an aviation related photo (aerial or ground) The photos will be then posted on the web for our judges to view.
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NO Safety Seminar on Saturday, August 1st
NO Safety Seminar on Saturday, August 1st
The previous seminar "So You Had to Make an Off-Airport Landing. What Happens Next?" unfortunately was canceled due to presenter conflicts. Thus, there will be no Safety Seminar on Saturday, August 1st. Please tune in for one of our future seminars, and thank you for your understanding. -SCFC Seminar Team
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Full Moon Flyers Dinner – Special Upwind Edition
Full Moon Flyers Dinner – Special Upwind Edition
The San Carlos Flight Center Upwind Scholarship Students are progressing nicely through their private pilot training and it's time for the Annual Upwind Scholarship Full Moon Flyers Dinner. This will be outdoor dining and socially distanced sensitive to the current pandemic and will be held at the Santa Rosa Charles M Schultz - Sonoma County
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Operating at Truckee Airport
Operating at Truckee Airport
**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
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Useful Rules of Thumbs for Aviators and How We Came Up With Them
Useful Rules of Thumbs for Aviators and How We Came Up With Them
**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
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Destination: Colorado
Destination: Colorado
**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
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IFR Distilled – The Essence of IFR Flight
IFR Distilled – The Essence of IFR Flight
**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
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Challenges Facing Bay Area Coast Guard Pilots
Challenges Facing Bay Area Coast Guard Pilots
**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
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Hayward Tower Operations
Hayward Tower Operations
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
Decoding Bay Area Approach Plates
**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
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NO Safety Seminars on August 26th or 29th.
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
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Vandenberg Space Launch Patrol
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
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Dont Be an Airhead, How to Handle Tire Failures
Dont Be an Airhead, How to Handle Tire Failures
*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. You’re on final approach, stable approach and ready to be home after your flight. You touch down softly on the mains and as you
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Winter Flying
Winter Flying
*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 pilots that learn to fly in states like California, Arizona, or Florida, flying on days when weather is below freezing may never occur.