General Aviation

Help

AmyJeffords — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 07:27:42 GMT

I am an aviation engineering student and need help with an equation? Any one who can help me?

Aircraft Broker course or school?

GottaFly — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:44:42 GMT

Can anyone recommend an aircraft broker class or share where to start to get trained and certified to sell airplanes?

My new game for fans of Aviation

prepinakos — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 09:28:19 GMT

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Is this forum alive

SERskyson — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 16:15:41 GMT

I am a new one here, and i can't understand is this forum alive or not, and answering here about smth will be just a waste of time

Flying Training in Sri Lanka

Skylineaviation — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 06:08:15 GMT

Fly in Beautiful Sri Lanka

The PPL will cost USD 9750.00 (including taxes and 40hrs of flying); duration of the PPL is 6 months FULL time and 8 months PART time.

The ATPL (A) after PPL will cost USD 22,077.00 (including taxes and 110 hrs of flying); the 40 hrs accumulated during the PPL will also be credited to you, accounting for 150 hrs in total. The duration of the ATPL (A) is 12 months FULL time (including the CPL flight training).

The I/R (Instrument Rating) with 30 Hrs flying will cost USD 4625.00

When completing you should accumulate total of 180 - 190 hours.

You need to have PPL, CPL/IR to apply to any Airline in the world.

We can help international Students find Accommodation in Sri Lanka.

We also offer other courses,

MCC - Multi- Crew Corporation
IR - Instructor Rating
MEE - Multi-Engine Endorsement
TRT - Type Rating Training (A320)

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Why fly.

monks700 — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 02:58:21 GMT

Don't get me wrong, I want to fly but as a 13 year old is it worth it. What does it feel like to fly. (Don't spoil it), I need to know if my money will be well earned and spent. I would like a private and then IFR license. How often should I take lessons seeing as I can't solo till 16 or get my private until 17? How much time and money will I spend for the solo, private and IFR. Should I make this investment will it payoff if not in a pathway to a commercial license in the experience of it? Is it worth the time and money?

--Thanks

Worst Flight Experience?

bnhernandez324 — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:57:17 GMT

I am currently not a pilot but I have always been fascinated with flying. That is probably why I was a flight attendant for a little bit! As a flight attendant I remember one flight were out of no where we hit some major turbulence and I was in the back galley. Luckily I had just secured the food carts and was getting ready to do a walk through...but I was thrown around like rag doll. Then the fasten seatbelt sign went on. I was terrified because there was not even a possible warning from the pilots. So My whole reason for posting this is I am curious of what everyones scariest flight experience was. Whether you were a pilot, co pilot, passenger whatever!! I am just curious. People do not get scared by these stories because they are very rare and it is safer to fly in a plane than drive a car.

Flight Training In Philippines

planedriver7 — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:57:48 GMT

Hey folks,
Greetings.i am here to share something which i learnt over the past few months Well i did my training at Aviation Training One International which is based in Dumaguete Philippines. I can say that the training that i had undergone was excellent, meeting the FAA standards.

The coolest thing which i had was the spin training where it was a bit scary at the 1st but its normal now, the adrenaline that i felt was unexplainable.The newest thing which i enrolled to is the Flight Instructors course. Any ways i am sharing this with you guys so that it would serve as an guiding aid in choosing the right school after all to get the best training in Philippines.

We have a direct genuine provider for BG/SBLC specifically for lease

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Flight TV - Issue 6

FlightTV — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 15:49:54 GMT

Helping the students- In Kemerovo production of mechanical helicopter simulators has begun

In pursuit of truth or fiction- how a private pilot from Khabarovsk for almost a year trying to get SLG airworthiness certificate

The capital of the Russian Arctic - one hundred years! Citizen of Dikson town Viktor Mikhailov flew to his homeland on ultralight "Sky Ranger"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKYOMIdkdD0

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FAA A&P license /bachelor degree

nobertadil — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 11:50:25 GMT

Hi Dear Members, I'm wondering some help to my friend regrading how he can use his FAA A&P license and my 12 years professional experience in aircraft maintenance working as aircraft technician, to get a bachelor degree in the aviation field.I told I heard some UK/US universities offer a short online course based on AME license and maintenance experience to get a bachelors degree. Basically, my question which is the best school for such course? and how much it will cost as he is not UK/US citizen and living out of UK/USA.
Many thanks in advanced.

Flight TV - Russian General Aviation Programm

FlightTV — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 21:04:54 GMT

Flight TV - Issue 5

The designers of atomic planes. Moscow hosted 12th aviation and aeronautics history contest.
1st of May in Khabarovsk. Federation of aviation sports of the Far East held its precise landing competition.
Russo-Chinese auto-gyros. The new project starts in Voskresensk near Moscow.
XCmeteo startup – the weather door-to-door delivery. Just add your airfield.
Skies, planes and children. Myachkovo airfield held Aviation Victory fest.

Flight TV - Issue 3

FlightTV — Thu, 07 May 2015 12:54:21 GMT

Last weekend Severka Airfield hosted aerial navigation race sponsored by the Federation of Aviation Lovers of Rassia – FAL.
Aviators’ fashion house. Technoavia Co. held its conference with the view of its further participation in Moscow’s MAKS Air Show.
And more some aviation news

Flight TV - Issue 2

FlightTV — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 08:39:06 GMT

Flight TV - Issue 2

International aeronautics federation FAI announced the World Air Games.
Russian Federation of Aeronautics held its flight safety seminar.
The Kudinovo airfield held its Open House day in Kaluga Region.
The Crimea Spring aviation show took place in Crimea peninsula.
Initial stock. Six Antonov AN-2 units are put on sale in Pertozavodsk for just 5,000 dollars per unit.
Antonov AN-2 work horses. Technoregion industrial engineering company ventures to upgrade AN-2.

Flight TV - Russian Aviation Blog

FlightTV — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 17:43:25 GMT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z89uh7WrViE

Winter fly-in. The Russian Federation of Aviation lovers held its festival at Urevskoe Airfield.
The first swallow. A Russian private pilot decided to go for flight in a business jet.
Welcome rookie! In the Chechen Republic local aviation enthusiasts have developed and assembled their first home-built airplane.
One more killed in action. How and why Russian government is shutting down the oldest national pilot school.

A retard flew a drone into IST

woolypig — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 14:54:42 GMT

I found this article about someone flying into IST airspace: http://www.dronethusiast.com/complete-retard-flies-drone-over-istanbul-airport/

What was this guy thinking? How can we report him to the authorities?

voip app on ipad

PriscillaWills — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 20:12:17 GMT

Hi, What voip app on iphone or ipad do you recommend?
Thanks

Reliabilty Assurance Program

AlexB — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 09:39:09 GMT

I have read about the practice of commercial A/C manufacturers to propose to airlines a service, called "Reliability Assurance program", or something like that. It includes assistance in processing of operation and maintenance data (including failure logs), definition of trends, identification of problems and recommendations regarding A/C maintenance, corrective actions etc.
Can anybody tell me, what are usual conditions, scope and cost of such service? Useful links are welcome.

Professional Pilot Training, Flight Schools

zero4 — Sun, 12 May 2013 17:40:32 GMT

Flight training from Private pilot to ATPL.
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What Pilots Should Know About NIght Flight

Av8tor — Thu, 02 May 2013 14:36:20 GMT

Visual Flight Rules (VFR) - set of regulations under which a pilot operates an aircraft in weather conditions generally clear enough to allow the pilot to see where the aircraft is going. Specifically, the weather must be better than basic VFR weather minimal, i.e. in visual meteorological conditions (VMC), as specified in the rules of the relevant aviation authority. The pilot must be able to operate the aircraft with visual reference to the ground, and by visually avoiding obstructions and other aircraft.

IFR
FAA’s Instrument Flying Handbook defines IFR as: "Rules and regulations established by the FAA to govern flight under conditions in which flight by outside visual reference is not safe. IFR flight depends upon flying by reference to instruments in the flight deck, and navigation is accomplished by reference to electronic signals
Flying at night requires an understanding of how darkness affects a pilot’s vision and what you can do to make sure you make the most of your night-limited vision.

The most important aspect of night flying with respect to vision acuity is to realize that it takes 30 to 45 minutes for your eyes to fully adapt to minimal light conditions. And if you look directly at a bright light for more than about a second, you’ll need to start the clock all over again and reacclimatize to the darkness.

That’s why it’s important to turn down cockpit lighting at night and avoid looking directly at bright lights. This process should start on the ramp before you ever climb into the cockpit, giving your eyes time to adjust before takeoff. Once in the air, if you need a flashlight, use one that allows you to turn down the gain so you don’t overdo the brightness and start back at square one.

It’s also important to understand that it can take longer to find certain controls in a dark cockpit and plan for that fact. If you’re a renter and fly a number of different airplanes, you’ll want to be certain you are completely familiar with the cockpit of any aircraft you will fly at night.

One way to accomplish this is to perform a blind cockpit check. To do this, sit behind the controls of the airplane during the day, close your eyes and try to locate the throttle, mixture and prop controls; light switches; landing gear, carb heat and flap levers; radios and GPS navigators; critical circuit breakers; altimeter and heading indicator knobs, and anything else you’ll need to manipulate in flight.

Subtle differences even among the same type of airplane can add to the time it takes to find a particular knob or dial. If you can locate them all bind-folded, you’ll be much better prepared when flying at night. Source

Flying VFR Like IFR
Identify the Risks
The key to making VFR flight safer is to fly like the airlines do. Of course, that’s not always possible. A Bonanza pilot flying a 500 nm trip to an unfamiliar small airport doesn’t have the second pilot, the second (turbofan) engine, the dispatchers watching his back or the same level of required recurrent training as airline pilots have. While flights of small airplanes come to harm for many reasons, the biggest risk factors can be summed up in three main categories: weather, terrain and loss of control. If we were to remove these offenders from the record, light airplane accidents likely would be cut by far more than half.

Use the Tools of IFR
The key to far safer VFR flight is to fly predictably and to avoid the big areas of risk. That means borrowing everything you can from the IFR playbook to keep from hitting the ground unexpectedly, which never ends well.

Fly the Airways
A great approach on this flight if you’re VFR-only is to ditch the “direct to” button on the navigator and fly airways. I can’t stress enough how much just this tactic can help. For one, most airways will follow the lowest terrain along your route of flight (that’s why they were invented, remember), so you don’t have to figure out your terrain clearance. The airways have done it for you. In good weather this helps you figure out your desired altitudes ahead of time, so you know if there’s a healthy climb required ahead. When the weather’s bad, it gives you an out.

Stock Your Tool Bag
Being too low en route seldom (not never) causes accidents in clear weather. It’s when the weather gets dicey that things get hairy. The two biggest tools to have at your disposal are, one, being able to keep your airplane under control if you somehow lose visual reference and, two, having a way of knowing where the terrain is to avoid hitting it if you were to go IMC. If you’re flying the airways when this happens, unless there’s severe ice or convection, there’s no emergency involved. You just keep flying the airplane by reference to the instruments. Remember, the single biggest risk with inadvertent VFR into IMC is losing control of the airplane. Source

Glass Cockpit Flight Training

Av8tor — Wed, 01 May 2013 15:28:12 GMT

A glass cockpit is an aircraft cockpit that features electronic (digital) instrument displays, typically large LCD screens, rather than the traditional style of analog dials and gauges. While a traditional cockpit relies on numerous mechanical gauges to display information, a glass cockpit uses several displays driven by flight management systems, that can be adjusted to display flight information as needed. This simplifies aircraft operation and navigation and allows pilots to focus only on the most pertinent information. They are also popular with airline companies as they usually eliminate the need for a flight engineer. In recent years the technology has become widely available in small aircraft.

Improving Safety In Glass Cockpits
By Tim Decker

During the last eight years, the majority of GA aircraft, including Cessna, Cirrus, Diamond, Mooney and Piper, have switched from traditional analog cockpit instrumentation to glass cockpits. Many older aircraft are being retrofit with modern avionics that include IFR-approved GPS units, autopilots, primary flight displays (PFDs) and multifunction displays (MFDs), which give many of the same safety advantages that glass cockpits offer. However, a recent NTSB study concluded that glass-cockpit aircraft were no safer than conventional instrumented aircraft.

Disadvantages of traditional analog instrumentation are the multitudes of mechanical components: gyroscopes, delicate flywheels, gimbals, seals and motors. Diaphragms, tubes, gears, springs, pins, needles, pointers and housings make up other mechanical instruments. Gyroscopes lose accuracy during flight, and mechanical components wear out. Frequently repairing or replacing analog instruments is expensive.

One principal advantage of glass cockpits is the elimination of these delicate mechanical components. Instead, solid-state electronics found in glass cockpits are more reliable and less prone to wear and degradation because of normal aircraft operations.

The close grouping of the traditional “six pack” (airspeed, attitude, altimeter, turn & bank, heading, vertical speed) into a single display in a glass cockpit makes for a faster and more efficient cross-check. The addition of GPS, weather, airspace and traffic information adds to the pilot’s situational awareness and increases safety. All this is terrific, but a phenomenal improvement to safety that comes with glass is the solid-state Attitude Heading Reference System (AHRS), which is exponentially more reliable and accurate than vacuum-pump-driven attitude and heading systems.

The many advantages of glass come at a cost other than money: time. Time is required for training in order to develop proficiency. The NTSB recommendation for training on specific equipment is critical to realize the safety potential of glass cockpits.

A VFR pilot transitioning from steam gauges to glass needs to be comfortable with quickly finding and processing the traditional six-pack instrument indications, as well as engine, communication and navigation information on the PFD and MFD. An IFR pilot requires the same, plus an excellent understanding of how to use navigation and autopilot functions.

Without familiarization training, a simple change of a radio or navigation frequency can cause confusion, distract the pilot and take longer than using a stand-alone radio in a traditional cockpit. Entering a flight plan in the GPS and knowing how to quickly add or delete points in-flight require more training, and is essential for safe flight, especially in busy airspace or deteriorating weather conditions.

For the instrument pilot, an ATC clearance to intercept a Victor airway from an assigned heading is fairly simple using conventional instruments—tune the VOR frequency, dial the airway course, stay on heading until the VOR needle centers and then turn to keep the needle centered. Doing this same task using an IFR-approved GPS can be just as simple, but requires a completely different set of steps to accomplish—highlight the second waypoint of the intercept airway on the GPS flight-plan page, press the Direct button twice and press Enter to accept the “Fly leg X to Y?” message (Garmin 430/530/1000). Additional training is required in order to make the autopilot fly this autonomously, even though it’s very similar to autopilot intercept of VOR course (instead of GPS course).

Is the glass-cockpit training worth it? Definitely! Flying a conventionally equipped aircraft with a vacuum-driven attitude indicator and only dual VORs and possibly DME in hard instrument conditions is difficult and limits useful information available. A PFD and MFD combination displaying a moving map, terrain, weather and traffic information increases situational awareness tremendously. The added benefits of more reliable equipment is icing on the cake.

For pilots considering an upgrade to a glass cockpit who want to reap the numerous advantages of modern avionics, there are numerous training options. Many suppliers provide Internet-downloaded trainers free of charge, and there are free online interactive courses. Commercial DVDs and simulator training are extremely useful, too. Most importantly—realistic flight training using the specific system in busy airspace during less-than-ideal weather with an experienced glass-cockpit flight instructor is a must.

Pilot Training at its best in the Philippines

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Training - Aircraft Maintenance Technician

Nirmal Fernando — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:13:59 GMT

I am a student of Diploma in Aircraft Maintenance Technician. When I complete my studies in September 2013, how to get a training as a Trainee Aircraft Technician. Please guide me

Aviation Maintenance

mehaljaiswal — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:40:07 GMT

I am looking for certain software that would help me in planning my aviation maintenance which may then include managing the inventory, maintaining the technical records, shop and engine maintenance, and most importantly reduce the overhead costs. I have been recommended with two software including the enterprise resource planning software by Ramco and the other is flitestar. Out of these the Ramco’s software seems more useable but need some more information about it. Please guide, thank you.