Buffering “FAA Minimums” Aim For Excellence!
The FAA only specifies the absolute minimums (limitations) in their regulations and these are not recommended operating specifications.
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David St. George
David St. George is an FAA DPE (Sport to Multi ATP) and a Part 135 charter pilot flying the Pilatus PC-12 in the NYC area. He recently renewed his Master Instructor for the tenth time and is a Charter member of SAFE. Formerly a 141 Chief Instructor for over 25 years, with a Gold Seal CFI. David started flying at 16 and has logged over 15,000 hours. He owns a 1946 7AC Aeronca Champ and wrote the SAFE Toolkit app.
Extend Your Skills! 60/90 Turns, Triple A Stalls
This blog presents some challenging flight maneuvers that build greater pilot proficiency, confidence and flight safety.
Continue reading >WANTED: Angle of Attack Managers
This is one in a series of posts by special guest authors about SAFE’s new CFI-PROficiency Initiative™ (aka SAFE CFI-PRO™).
Continue reading >Reflect and Redirect; “Double Loop” Learning!
Pilots are a “different breed of cat” as you well know. As a personality type we are confident, higher than average in
Continue reading >New Science: “Overlearning”Locks In Skills!
How many times have you accomplished a new level with your pilot-in-training and heard “got it” on first completion –
Continue reading >“Flight Service” (Back and Better!)
Leidos operates what used to be the FAA Flight Service and the web browser interface for weather is quite good. When you
Continue reading >“CFI Seasoning” Beyond the Academy!
A truly professional aviation educator should be progressively getting out of the training aircraft one step at a time from
Continue reading >Teaching Accurate Rudder Usage!
Misuse of the rudder while flying – usually too little or none at all – is a sure sign that some aviation educator failed
Continue reading >Opportunity To Grow: SAFE CFI-PRO™!
Just a short blog this week, no brain strain or technical discussions. I just want to announce that SAFE has opened up registration
Continue reading >The Secret of Pattern Safety!
We all know a majority of accidents occur in the traffic pattern; especially during descent and runway line-up. But the burning
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