This week an Air Canada flight from Toronto to San Francisco lined up with a taxiway at night and was very close to landing on that taxiway.  The problem is that there were four other aircraft on the taxiway waiting to depart.  The runway was 28R and the taxiway (Charlie) was on the outside of […]

Recently, there was recently another Twin Cessna loss with a reported engine failure on a 310.  This happened after lift off from John Wayne Airport, and the right engine was reported as failing.  In a Twin Cessna, this is the engine you want to fail if one has to fail.  Since the failure occurred after

At Aircraft Simulator Training, we are having way too much fun. We have been exploring more options with our new Six Degree of Freedom Simulator, and now have a training module called “The Miracle on the Hudson” Flight Experience. We have actually re-created the US Airways (Cactus) Flight 1549, “Miracle on the Hudson” loss of both engines

One of the sim instructors was working with a pilot in the PA-46 Malibu/Mirage sim recently.  It was what we consider an “intro” flight as the pilot was going to do a lot of training to get back to proficiency.  On all of our pilots we do a first flight analysis to see some of

All instructors are not the same. All pilots are not the same. All people are not the same. I always tell people that if you get on an airplane and the pilot in the left front seat does not have gray hair, get off. I am sorry, but the same applies to instructors. The saying,

Instrument training is a “rating” to be added to our license. You already know how to fly. You know if you pull back it goes up, push forward it goes down and all the rest of the control problems. What you don’t know, if you don’t have instrument training, is how to move the aircraft

Simulators are great time builders at a reduced cost.  The FAA allows you 50 hours of simulator time to be applied to your commercial license and 25 hours can be applied towards your ATP.  Further, you can do this in instrument conditions while you sharpen you instrument scan skills and procedures. If you’re planning to

You know how it is when you get behind some old guy who’s putting along, usually in the fast lane, about 20 miles an hour below the speed limit!? Frustrating, right? Well we’re not going to talk about old guys driving slow; we’re going to talk about flying slow for pilots of all ages. But

A twin engine aircraft with the loss of an engine can be a dangerous machine. We again lost a Piper Navajo with six people on board recently. It left eleven children without parents. Even though the NTSB report is not out it looks like it may be an engine failure or problem. As previously reported