Calibrating Confidence
More than 100 people die every day on the US roads in their automobiles. An active co-conspirator in this carnage is
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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.
IFR into “Non-Controlled” Airspace!
Once upon a time, long ago, only an ILS got you to the ground in seriously crappy weather and the FAA protected that arrival
Continue reading >SAFE CFI-PRO™ Released @ SnF!
Our SAFE CFI-PRO™ initiative was well received by the press and industry on April 3rd at Sun ‘N Fun and we had an
Continue reading >Visit SAFE @ Sun ‘N Fun C 53-55
It’s beautiful here in Florida as we count down the days to Sun ‘N Fun 2019 (2K overcast and 1 celcius back home…).
Continue reading >“Mind the (CFI) Gap!” Go “Good to GREAT!”
FAA pilot certification is a carefully monitored pass/fail process, but surprisingly, only minimal performance is required
Continue reading >SAFE CFI-PRO™: Scenarios, Maneuvers, or Both?
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 >SAFE CFI-PRO®; Good to Great!
At the heart of flight safety is the aviation educator. Our cadre of professional instructors interact and wrestle with flight
Continue reading >Spread Your Wings!
As pilots, we have an amazing diversity of “flying machines” available to us. Unfortunately, most of us never take
Continue reading >Situational Awareness: 3 Keys to Safety!
Situational awareness (SA) requires the accurate gathering of data (despite physical and mental obstacles) then filtering
Continue reading >Flight Simulation; Turbo-Learning!
The first effective flight simulator was developed by Edwin Link in Upstate NY in 1927. Prior to this creative device, it
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