Flight Training Articles

I have worked with insurance companies for more than thirty years. Insurance is very simple. They all sleep together in the aviation business and when one of the re-insurance groups has exposure they all have exposure. Yes, you are paying for Boeings “screw ups” of the 737 Max with your Cessna 172 premiums. There are

As an attorney my office receives a lot of accident cases that we review. Since we do aviation law, this synopsis peaked my attention and deserves to be posted. A recent call from a new pilot who just got his multi-engine gave me a reason to emphasize training. The pilot sent the following narrative of

What the underwriters want on recurrent Twin Cessna and Piper Navajo training is that you work as a team with your training facility. They want to see if you have developed any habits that may not be conducive to safe operation of your Twin Cessna or Piper Navajo.

Aircraft Simulator Training, a Twin Cessna training facility, is finishing their Central United States facility in Burnet, Texas at Craddock Field (KBMQ). Based on its previous record in California, the new facility is designed to handle four simulators including the only full-motion, six-degree-of-freedom, general aviation simulator. They are taking reservations for training. Training for Twin

Even though I am the lead twin instructor at Aircraft Simulator Training, my commuter office aircraft is my Mooney. As I have aged I am more a twin engine guy with about 50 hours a month in the air mostly twins.  I not only use my aircraft for training but I commute in my twins. 

Did you ever wonder why insurance companies on larger twin engine cabin class aircraft require initial and recurrent training? Is it just a ploy to raise rates?  Is it a mad underwriter who just wants you to jump through hoops?  Could it be the aircraft are complex and operating them have to be up to

by Rick McGuire, Attorney This picture (I apologize for the quality) is the result of an engine loss and the pilot not trained to “STABILIZE” the aircraft and bring it back for a landing.  It is a Vmc roll. In this case the left engine was failing or failed, and the right engine was still

As of my writing this and before the King Air 350 crash at Addison, Texas the A90 King Air used as a “jump” plane failed to maintain altitude and rolled inverted in Hawaii. There is not NTSB initial report out yet but this accident could be a combination of factors. One is overload and if

I have not heard a lot about wind shear in the recent years.  I have an Aircraft Dispatcher license and of the license and ratings that I have this one is very important to me.  To qualify for the license, not only did I have to be extremely familiar with turbojet aircraft, but I had