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Destination: Catalina
Destination: Catalina
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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Meet the Piper Dakota
Meet the Piper Dakota
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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SCFC Welcome Night
SCFC Welcome Night
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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Seabird Protection Network – How Pilots Can Help
Seabird Protection Network – How Pilots Can Help
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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Full Moon Flyers: Nut Tree – Fenton’s
Full Moon Flyers: Nut Tree – Fenton’s
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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Mountain Flying
Mountain Flying
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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EAA Chapter 20 Young Eagles @ SCFC
EAA Chapter 20 Young Eagles @ SCFC
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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Cessna 206 Systems
Cessna 206 Systems
Click here to learn more about online viewing You may also be interested in our “Transition to” series which highlights pilots’ transition to many different makes/models. These seminars are available to view in our Members Only Seminar Library which can be accessed by clicking here. The Cessna 206 is a six seat, high-performance airplane.
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Women in Aviation @ SCFC, May Meeting
Women in Aviation @ SCFC, May Meeting
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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Radio Communication 2: Enroute Radio Communications
Radio Communication 2: Enroute Radio Communications
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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FOG Catalina
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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Truckee Airport Operations
Truckee Airport Operations
Interested in watching more of our presentations? View our growing library of over 500 recorded safety seminars available to view in our Members Only Seminar Library, available by clicking here. **For information, flyers, and handouts referenced during this presentation please click here.** Truckee Airport is the gateway to Lake Tahoe. The spectacular views of
SCFC Early Summer Kickoff BBQ
SCFC Early Summer Kickoff BBQ
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