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The Smart Flight Training Podcast – Episode 4
Show Notes & Transcript for episode 4 of The Smart Flight Training Podcast COMING SOON! Listen to The Smart Flight Training Podcast – Episode 4 below: You can download the full episode here:...
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How Becoming a Pilot Can Help You Live a Better Life
You chose to become a pilot for some reason. Whether you are currently a student pilot or you are a professional with tens of thousands of flight hours under your belt, there was some reason (or...
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The Smart Flight Training Podcast – Episode 5
Show Notes & Transcript for episode 5 of The Smart Flight Training Podcast COMING SOON! Listen to The Smart Flight Training Podcast – Episode 5 below: You can download the full episode here:...
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Announcing The Smart Flight Training Podcast!
I’m pleased to announce some big news! Smart Flight Training now has a podcast! Click here for the first episode! It is available on iTunes (please leave a rating and comment!), or you can subscribe...
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Aviation History Month – Hawaii Clipper (a Blogging in Formation Post)
Alright – I have a confession to make. I am NOT an aviation history buff, by any stretch of the imagination. So when our Blogging in Formation group decided on an “Aviation History” theme for November...
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The Smart Flight Training Aviation Christmas Gift List
This is installment eight of the Blogging in Formation Series, a monthly series where six big-time aviation bloggers put their heads (and blogs) together and post about the same topic, each in their...
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12 Aviation Resolutions – A Blogging in Formation Post
This is installment nine of the Blogging in Formation Series, a monthly series where six big-time aviation bloggers put their heads (and blogs) together and post about the same topic, each in their...
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My Favorite Destination – a Blogging in Formation Post
So once again this month I feel at a bit of a disadvantage being the least prolific and least experienced aviator of the esteemed Blogging in Formation bunch, as I have been to significantly fewer...
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My Most Memorable Passenger – A Blogging in Formation Post
This month’s Blogging in Formation topic is “Dealing with Passengers.” As a flight instructor, most of my “passengers” are not passengers, at least not as that is normally defined. My passengers are...
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MH370 – How do you LOSE a Boeing 777?
A Boeing 777 is not exactly a small aircraft. I’ve been known to forget where I parked my car in the lot when I leave the grocery store and walk around like a fool until I find it. I could somewhat...
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Testing Tuesday: Transitioning from VFR to IFR on a Composite Flight Plan
Last week’s Testing Tuesday post was one of the questions on my Instrument Knowledge test that I had missed while I was studying for the exam. It was one that, this time around, I answered correctly...
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AOPA Indianapolis Fly-In Escapades
Last weekend, I flew with two of my students to the Indianapolis AOPA fly-in. It was the first large-scale fly-in that I have actually flown myself to. My dad and I used to fly in to pancake...
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Testing Tuesday: Instrument Interpretation (HSI)
Oh, the HSI. This instrument, also known as the Horizontal Situation Indicator, is a nightmare if you haven’t actually used it. From what I have heard, once you have used one and understand it, they...
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Testing Tuesday: IFR Flight Plans
Smart Flight Training posts a question (and an answer) you might find on an FAA Knowledge Test or during the oral portion of a checkride each Tuesday. Today’s question is about IFR flight plans and...
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Testing Tuesday: IFR Lost Communication Procedures
Losing communication capabilities is nerve-wracking in VFR conditions, but is relatively straight-forward if you can see where you are going, even if where you are going is controlled airspace –...
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Testing Tuesday – Displaced Thresholds
Which runway marking indicates a displaced threshold on an instrument runway? Red chevron marks in the nonlanding portion of the runway Centerline dashes starting at the threshold Arrows leading to...
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Testing Tuesday: VFR on Top Clearance
Today’s Testing Tuesday will be beneficial to both primary students and instrument students, as it discusses that strangest of clearances: VFR on Top. What is the required flight visibility and...
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Testing Tuesday: ATC Speed Limits
We know that, for the most part, aircraft must maintain 250 knots or less when they are below ten-thousand feet MSL, but what if Air Traffic conltrol needs to impose a slower (or possibly faster) speed...
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Testing Tuesday: Static System Inspection Requirements
How well do you remember your inspection requirements? How often do you have to inspect your pitot static system? Your Transponder? Your emergency locator transmitter (ELT)? Your VOR(s)? Test your...
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Testing Tuesday: VFR on Top
VFR on Top is a strange combination of an IFR clearance and a VFR clearance, where a pilot can climb through a layer of clouds and then continue a flight in VFR conditions, but still on an IFR flight...
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