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Misunderstanding leads to failed checkride

By NASA · July 11, 2024 ·

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However, although the tower or involved traffic did not say anything to me, my DPE said what I did was not safe and he would have to fail me on my checkride. I agreed and was just surprised I had made such a silly yet vital mistake.

Confused student, distracted CFI a bad combination

By NASA · July 9, 2024 ·

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I had total trust and confidence that the student would continue as instructed on the downwind until the Tower was ready for our base turn. That is not what happened.

Pilot frustrated by another pilot in the pattern

By NASA · July 5, 2024 ·

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At this point I am very frustrated with this guy so I decided to go back to ZZZ where at least I would have tower looking out for me.

Are you kidding me?

By NASA · July 2, 2024 ·

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Arguing with him would have been the worst thing to do. So to avoid a more complicated and technically correct outcome, I decided to enjoy more time in the air flying.

Another $10 million in improvements planned at KPVG

By General Aviation News Staff · June 29, 2024 ·

More than $10 million in infrastructure improvements are planned at Hampton Roads Executive Airport (KPVG) in Virginia, including a 36,000-square-foot hangar complex.

Terse communications from ATC lead to near miss on runway

By NASA · June 27, 2024 ·

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My concern is exacerbated by knowledge that my students are nearly universally afraid to question/query tower/ground control at this airport.

There’s no reason for unprofessionalism on CTAF

By NASA · June 25, 2024 ·

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After landing and while cleaning the airplane, the Aircraft Y pilot drove up to my hangar and berated me in front of my wife for “screaming into the traffic pattern at too high an airspeed and being only 400 feet below him and they were talking to center with a Bravo clearance (wrong, ZZZ Tracon owns the Class B around here so he would be talking to Approach, not Center) and even the SIC (Second in Command) Center Controller didn’t see you” and loads of other garbage. You get the drift.

What’s a Phenom?

By NASA · June 20, 2024 ·

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I did not know what a Phenom was and turned final to land number two behind a single-engine aircraft that was touching down.

A hazardous attitude of invulnerability

By NASA · June 18, 2024 ·

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My student asked me if we should go look at it. However, I told myself that there was no way we hit the wingtip because I gave my student enough distance. My thought process was I’ve been to the run-up area before and I know the distance to turn.

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