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Catalina Island, off the coast of Southern California, offers stunning Pacific island vistas, miles of hiking trails, and a tiny runway perched precariously on the top of a dynamited mountaintop. With the beautiful surroundings and scenery, pilots can easily get distracted from what’s below. To better understand the flight challenges associated with this airport, San |
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The Piper Dakota is the latest addition to the Flight Center fleet. It is a four-seat, fixed gear low wing plane powered by a Lycoming O-540 engine. How does this airplane compare to other airplanes in the Flight Center fleet? What missions would be ideal for the Dakota?. What is involved in upgrading your ride |
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If you're recently joined the Club, you may have only met your instructor and one of our Front Desk agents. It's time to meet some other students and pilots. Join us on Wednesday, May 7th at 6:30pm for San Carlos Flight Center's Welcome Night to welcome in our newest members and hear about all the
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As part of our commitment to sharing the air safely with our neighbors, SCFC has invited in Laura Velasco Mayock, a speaker from the Seabird Protection Network, which partners with pilots to protect seabird colonies along our coast. We've asked her to help our pilots understand the wildlife in the SF Bay Area, particularly along |
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This month join FOG up in Vacaville for our monthly Full Moon Flyers Dinner at Vacaville (VCB). At just over 50 NM, Nut Tree Airport makes for an easy cross country destination. This is a great opportunity for students or pilots looking to gain valuable night experience. The airport is lit as night and you |
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Flying in the mountains can be some of the most amazingly beautiful and satisfying flying you may ever accomplish. But it comes with increased risk, and thereby increased responsibility. Every day, GA pilots who fly in the mountains safely calculate and plan for such risks, and you can too. Spring weather brings cool temperatures, |
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SCFC is hosting EAA Chapter 20 for their Young Eagles event, with volunteer pilots sharing flights for young people. Learn more about Young Eagles from the EAA’s website. |
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The Cessna 206 is a six seat, high-performance airplane. It is known as the Stationair and has a variety of mission profiles. With more payload, seating capacity and speed than a Cessna 182, the Stationair provides the capabilities for pilots that have outgrown the 182. In addition to the constant speed propeller the 206 also |
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The women student pilots, pilots, and flight instructors of San Carlos Flight Center are coming together to begin forming a Women in Aviation chapter for San Carlos. You are invited to meet the group and share your love of aviation at a meeting on Saturday, May 24th at 10 AM. The activities for this first
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Are you curious about what happens in the tower at an airport? Would you like to increase your knowledge of how air traffic is managed at the San Carlos airport? The KSQL Air Traffic Manager has offered to host small groups of pilots to meet the tower controllers and take a tour of the San
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Are you curious about what happens in the tower at an airport? Would you like to increase your knowledge of how air traffic is managed at the San Carlos airport? The KSQL Air Traffic Manager has offered to host small groups of pilots to meet the tower controllers and take a tour of the San |
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Flying through in the many airspaces of California requires a high degree of situational awareness and sophisticated radio skills. And yet, radio communication is rarely taught as a specific subject during private pilot training. Usually, new pilots just absorb what they hear on the frequency around them, both good and bad. Although some radio techniques |
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Join the Fly Out Group for a trip to Catalina (AVX)! Situated offshore of Los Angeles, this airport is known for its unique, carrier-style approach, and remoteness. You can access it by flying to the Long Beach area (Long Beach and Torrance airports are good options) to get fuel, and then make the hop over |
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**For information, flyers, and handouts referenced during this presentation please click here.** Truckee Airport is the gateway to Lake Tahoe. The spectacular views of Lake Tahoe are a short flight away, but pilots need to be aware of the challenges associated with these flights. Truckee is settled well above sea level, located between mountainous
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With the summer fast approaching, we are going to start the celebration early with an Early Summer Kickoff BBQ. on Saturday, May 31st. The fun starts at 1pm, immediately following our Trucker Airport Operations safety seminar. Come to the seminar, then stay after for an afternoon full of food, drink, snacks, sweets, and activities for |
