Vintage Aviation News
APRIL 10, 2025
The sessions began with basic airwork such as climbs, descents, coordinated turns, and power transitions. Im hoping to take my checkride on the 15th after logging a few more hours of training. Job has already flown four training sorties, each lasting about an hour. Then we practiced landings at Altus Airport.
Air Facts
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Our passenger flight was getting a checkride from the FAA. I preached that you could not flunk a checkride if you go by the book. I advised the first officer to change the decision altitude of 852 feet to the minimum descent altitude of 1,140 feet and that we would continue the approach to localizer approach minimums.
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Pilot Institute
NOVEMBER 16, 2024
In most flight schools, the practical flight training portion will follow a set progression: Basic aircraft control : Learning to fly straight and level, make turns, and perform climbs and descents. Private Pilot License : Take a checkride to receive your license. Checkride : $400-$600. Instructor time : $50-$75 per hour.
Northstar VFR
JUNE 30, 2024
The indication given is a rate of climb or descent in feet per minute (fpm). The difference acts on the diaphragm, which is connected to the instrument’s needle, and gives the pilot an indication of the rate of climb or rate of descent. How does the pitot-static system operate the vertical speed indicator?
Air Facts
MAY 5, 2025
After all, I had just aced my checkride. It was a decision I would soon regret… We transitioned from the holding pattern to the outbound leg of the VOR approach and began a descent to 2,700 feet, the minimum altitude for that leg of the approach. It would also require a descent to 2,200 feet before crossing the outer marker.
Northstar VFR
AUGUST 11, 2024
The standards for slow flight on a Private Pilot checkride are: maintain the specified altitude, ±100 feet; specified heading, ±10°; airspeed, +10/-0 knots; and specified angle of bank, ±10°. Private Pilot Airplane ACS, Area of Operation VII, Task A ) Note: The standards are different for the Commercial and Multi-Engine checkrides.
Air Facts
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Consisting of timed, coordinated climbs and descents, Patterns A and B required the pilot to be on altitude, on heading, and on time. Shortly after the Concorde sighting, Charlie signed me off for my checkride. Charlie scheduled my checkride with a local examiner. We even went up the day before the checkride.
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