San Carlos Flight Center
Vandenberg Air Force Base Space and Missile Heritage Center
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country: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. 30th Space Wing Public Affairs also provides a quarterly tour to the Space and Missile Heritage Center located at the historic Space Launch
Charter Pilot
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:Ben Taber talks about being a charter pilot.
What I learned Building my Own Airplane
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:Flying an airplane can be fun in itself, but what about building your own? That lifelong childhood dream of building you own real airplane might be coming true; but what does it take to get there? San Carlos Flight Center invites Reinhardt Quelle, an experienced Private Pilot and Airplane Builder to speak with the pilot
Radio Communications 3 – Non-towered Airports
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:Flying in and out of the many airports in 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
Storm Area 51 – They Can’t Stop All of the Bay Flight Fleet
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:Make sure you're current to take passengers because we're flying all the aliens back the Bay Area
A Day in the Life of a Charter Pilot
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:It's impossible to learn the answer to every situation while you are a student pilot. Most of a pilot’s learning happens after becoming a private pilot, and continues with every flight. Even after flying for so many years, pilot’s will encounter some interesting and unexpected situations that they never experienced before. With over 20 years
Ground School Refresher: Reading Performance Charts
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:Aircraft manufacturers present performance data in tabular or graphical form, and attempt to indicate how the aircraft will perform in a variety of different atmospheric conditions and power settings. Usually found in Section 5 of the Pilot’s Operating Manual, these charts can be used to help pilots determine takeoff and landing distance, fuel burn, and
Changes to the Noise Abatement Procedures at KSQL
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:San Carlos Airport has very specific departure procedures to limit the noise of airplanes above residential areas. Right now, KSQL has the Bay Meadows, Woodside, and Belmont Slough departures, but at the end of the month, new noise abatement procedures will be released. Every pilot will need to immediately adopt these new guidelines. In this
NOTAMS
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:NOTAMs carry information of an immediate or transitory nature that has not yet made it into an aeronautical chart. This includes airspace and controlling regulations; you are now bound to comply with the new rules, without any textual or graphical description yet appearing in a printed chart or other document. It’s critical that pilots know
Challenge Yourself: Mastering A/C Systems and Avionics
San Carlos Flight Center , Select a Country:Are you master of your aircraft? Do you understand the full power and capability of the systems and avionics on your aircraft? Or have you just met the minimum capability to be a Private Pilot. Challenge yourself! The Private Pilot certificate is a license to learn. Start on the path to add enough knowledge and