I’ve often heard from many flight instructors that they’ve learned more in the 30 hours of their flight instructor rating training than they have in their whole commercial pilot training – an exaggeration, I hope. When I ask the flight instructors to expand on that comment, I get a variety of answers ranging from increased…
We get a lot of emails inquiries from students asking when they should start their online ground school for their flight training. Realistically, it is hard to provide a one fit solution for everyone because we come from all different walks of life. In this article, we will discuss what options exist for students, what…
Aviation Medical Validity Periods This is a rather unusual post that is being made in our blog section, but it is fairly important. We are going to be addressing a rather misunderstood concept in aviation surround the aviation medical, in particular the validity period of the medicals. This is an important article to read because…
As a part of our Threat and Error Management series of articles, we supplement our Commercial Pilot Ground School with this article on leadership in aviation. Pilots can sometimes be good leaders, however they also succumb to pressures like any other human beings. We will examine different leadership styles, see what may be appropriate for…
Pilot Errors A pilot error is an action or decision of the pilot that, if not caught and corrected, could contribute to the occurrence of an accident or incident. Inaction or indecision are also included in the definition. Pilot error does not always imply fault; this particular topic will be further discussed in this section….
Float Rating In part 1 of our series on float flying, we looked at the basics maneuvers surrounding float rating training. The main topics were how to do a walk around on a float plane, how to evaluate the water conditions for flying, and some basic requirements. Let’s do a quick review: Float Rating Requirements…
Pilot Training for a Seaplane Rating This is a small series on float flying in Canada. As this is a flight training related blog, we’ll go through a the sequential part of a typical flight. Although one could get their Private Pilot License based on a seaplane rating, this is normally reserved for pilots after…
What is the TC aim? The TC AIM, or AIM de TC in French, is the Aeronautical Information Manual published by Transport Canada. It is used to supplement our Private Pilot Ground School, Commercial Pilot Ground School, and online PSTAR Preparation courses. What is in the Aeronautical Information Manual? The aeronautical information manual provides flight…
This is an unusual blog post as we are going to be talking about Lost Aviator Coffee. To be fair, I know both owners of Lost Aviator and they are not paying me to promote their products. I simply think they are onto something great! Steve Zago and Adam Wright are the two pilots behind…
