Flight Safety

The FAA’s General Aviation Safety Enhancement Topic Fact Sheets are available for download as pdf documents. Here are the 2018 issues.

An AOPA Air Safety Institute video (11:40) on some of the challenges in avoiding terrain and obstacles while flying.

A video from the FAA covering one of their hot items – Wrong Surface Landings – which occur about once every other day somewhere in the U.S. We have to do better!

A video review of flying tips and techniques, regulations, airspace and more brought to you by Sporty’s Academy and their chief instructor Eric Radtke.

The NTSB has recently published a safety alert on the calculation of weight and balance as part of your preflight preparations. Here is an introductory video and a link to download their 4-page pdf document.

A good review of the weather forecasting charts available in the Foreflight application and how to use them in your flight planning whether VFR or IFR.

The National Transportation Safety Board is calling for changes in training and procedures for pilots, air traffic controllers and others within the aviation community to enhance the effectiveness of the entire pilot weather reporting system.

The transition from round dial to crt presentations is not always as easy as you might expect…