Master Flight Instructor Rich Stowell recently published a paper identifying the first principles of light airplane flying. The nine principles are divided into the three categories: Mindset, Motion, and Mechanics.
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Boeing puts out call to CFIs to complete new survey
Boeing has teamed with the National Association of Flight Instructors on the survey, which is designed to gather information on “digital learning practices in early career pilot training.”
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Flight training under attack
“We need to get this flight training issue cleared up as quickly as possible and by any means possible,” said Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) President and CEO Mark Baker. “I can assure you we will not stop until this situation is resolved and common sense prevails.”
Is your CFI the best?
Anyone who has taken flight training — initial or recurrent — during the past 12 months is asked to “candidly assess the process and rate their individual experience” in the survey, according to AOPA officials.
‘Becoming a CFI: A story about the right seat’ published
Radek Wyrzykowski provides insights into the process of flight instruction by blending his personal flying experience based on real-life events with his flight instructor’s experience, as well as his beliefs and philosophy on how he thinks it should be done.
Full circle to a dream fulfilled
In 2014, Vlad Prostakov traveled from Russia to SUN ‘n FUN, where he enjoyed his first ride in a seaplane, a 1969 LA-4 Lake Amphib. In June 2021, Vlad, now a CFI, will work on his seaplane rating, coming full circle from his first seaplane ride to certification.
Latest edition of ‘Lesson Plans to Train Like You Fly’ released
The book presents lesson plans for flight instructors in the form of scenario-based maneuver briefings.
Sue Clark honored as Master Pilot
Nominated by friends and colleagues, Sue said getting the award “was quite a surprise and a wonderful honor. I am just an ordinary pilot doing what pilots do.”