basca.org
BASCA Web Site
http://www.basca.org/businesses.html
Business Association of San Carlos Airport. Air SF Flight Services. Air West Aircraft Engines. San Carlos Aviation Supply. San Carlos Flight Center. West Valley Flying Club. Zanette Aviation Insurance Service, Inc. Return to BASCA Home Page. BASCA is a 501(c)(6) California Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation.
thomas-daniel.com
What To Expect
http://www.thomas-daniel.com/what_to_expect/index.html
You want to learn to fly and you ask yourself how it will work. This page provides some pointers. First, you must choose an instructor. If I can't fly with you, I'll be happy to provide recommendations. Otherwise, you may look at flight schools, each will list affiliated instructors. For example, here are flight schools at Palo Alto and San Carlos airports. West Valley Flying Club. San Carlos Flight Center. Self study, for example using material that I list on Equipment. Most people need about 70 hours o...
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Notes of a Flight Instructor: December 2010
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Notes of a Flight Instructor. A flight instructor's ramblings on various topics general aviation airplane pilots need to know. Wednesday, December 15, 2010. Dave Zittin's New Web Site. My business website has changed to www.learntoflypaloalto.com. Yes, it's long but what the heck. If you want to learn to fly airplanes, single or multi-engine or learn how to fly in clouds reference my new site. I will likely keep this blog intact, but I may move future blogging to the website - TBD. West Valley Flying Club.
dyerflight.com
Dyer Flight Training Tools
http://www.dyerflight.com/about-us.html
A Focus on Effective Instruction Methods. Designing flight training tools that take into consideration. How people think and learn. Who is Dan Dyer? Dan Dyer is a flight instructor and flight school owner living and flying in the San Francisco Bay Area, certified in both airplanes and helicopters. After several stints with various flying clubs as a flight instructor, Dan set out to create an appropiate aviation experience of his own accord. Dan now runs the San Carlos Flight Center.
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Notes of a Flight Instructor: April 2011
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Notes of a Flight Instructor. A flight instructor's ramblings on various topics general aviation airplane pilots need to know. Friday, April 15, 2011. Radio Communications in Aviation. Talking on the radio for the first time is intimidating for the new pilot. Understanding some basic rules, formats and conventions helps and with a little experience under your belt radio communications become second nature. Here are some pointers meant for the beginner and the experienced GA pilot. This is who are you.
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Notes of a Flight Instructor: Opinion: Learning to Fly with Glass vs. 6-Pack?
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Notes of a Flight Instructor. A flight instructor's ramblings on various topics general aviation airplane pilots need to know. Friday, May 10, 2013. Opinion: Learning to Fly with Glass vs. 6-Pack? BACKGOUND AND SOME HISTORY. There are ongoing arguments that deal with whether a beginner or the instrument pilot should do their training using a glass or a traditional 6 pack avionics set. A photo is coming here soon). In 1929 Jimmy Doolittle was the first to fly by using instruments without looking out the w...
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Notes of a Flight Instructor: More on Landings - deck angle of the tricycle rigged aircraft during landing
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Notes of a Flight Instructor. A flight instructor's ramblings on various topics general aviation airplane pilots need to know. Monday, January 31, 2011. More on Landings - deck angle of the tricycle rigged aircraft during landing. What is deck angle? I use it here as slang for the angle of the longitudinal axis of the aircraft from the landing surface, which usually means a runway surface. There are indices that often work well in the cockpit. For example, for many trainers (not all! Another common probl...
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Notes of a Flight Instructor: April 2010
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Notes of a Flight Instructor. A flight instructor's ramblings on various topics general aviation airplane pilots need to know. Friday, April 23, 2010. Audio in the Cockpit. I have aways had trouble with recognizing expired timers in the cockpit. Timed approaches, arghhhhh. I have often wondered why we don't see more integration with timers and audio in the cockpit. Just think about that ILS. And the audio (male or female) saying your timer has just expired. Voice, perhaps a few "TIMER! Finishes their voi...
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Notes of a Flight Instructor: Dave Zittin's New Web Site
http://davesflightnotes.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-web-site.html
Notes of a Flight Instructor. A flight instructor's ramblings on various topics general aviation airplane pilots need to know. Wednesday, December 15, 2010. Dave Zittin's New Web Site. My business website has changed to www.learntoflypaloalto.com. Yes, it's long but what the heck. If you want to learn to fly airplanes, single or multi-engine or learn how to fly in clouds reference my new site. I will likely keep this blog intact, but I may move future blogging to the website - TBD. West Valley Flying Club.
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