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
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
Pop quiz: What is the new ICAO standard marking for a taxiway approaching a runway? What is the difference between a relocated threshold and a displaced threshold and what does that indicate to pilots? What is a runway approach holding sign and what are pilots expected to do? Most pilots have an operational knowledge of
San Carlos Flight Center was proud to work with Rabbit Aviation to be the first flight school in California to have aircraft running on unleaded fuel in its fleet. California and the SF Bay Area are often the leaders on environmental issues, and aviation fuel should be no different. Join us to find out about
You are invited to join the Upwind Celebration party on Friday, August 28th. Thanks to the generous support from SQL community, the Upwind Summer Scholarship Program completed its 12th year of providing ground and flight training to high-school pilots. Join us to celebrate the continuing accomplishment of the Upwind Program! Join us to celebrate this
5-Day Colorado Trip Exploring the Great Basin and Continental Divide From the Bonneville Salt Flats to Leadville to the Grand Canyon and everything in between. This year FOG travels across the Great Basin of Nevada & Utah to the highest elevation airport of Leadville in the Colorado Rockies and then on to Monument Valley, the
The Sport Pilot rating last year underwent a major overhaul under the MOSAIC regulatory update. This update made many significant changes in the types of aircraft a Sport Pilot can fly as well as increased the privileges that a Sport Pilot has. Join us to learn about the details of the Sport Pilot rating including
Are you checking the weather before your flight simply by looking at METARs? Have you struggled with trying to get a comprehensive view of weather? Are you looking to get an understanding of ways to conduct a weather briefing? If you are a student pilot or recent pilot trying to better understand options for accessing
Pilots must pass two standardized tests to obtain a Private Pilot certificate - a test of knowledge on a computer, and a test of flight skills in the aircraft. In preparing for the flight skills test, students can refer to the Airman Certification Standards document which specifies in great detail the nature of the flight
Modern pilots know airspace in terms of the alphabet system: class A, B, C, D, E, and G. Those labels are a relatively recent facade on a beast whose unnatural evolution was written in blood and bitterly contested. CFI/CFII Sal Valdes will reconstruct the National Airspace from cloud clearances in the forties to the “all-weather
