US Sport Aircraft, the U.S. importer and distributor of Czech Sport Aircraft’s SportCruiser, posted this video counting down the top 10 mistakes student pilots make. Check it out, then let us know in the comments below if there are other mistakes left off the list.
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Video: 5 ways pilots fail checkrides
In this video from Jon Kotwicki of FLY8MA.com Flight Training, he talks about the five most common ways pilots fail check rides and what you can do to make sure you don’t make these mistakes.
Video: A look at 2017 from the perspective of one Zenith STOL CH 701
John Marzulli must take video and pictures every time he launches skyward. His retrospective of 2017 sums up his year nicely. Enjoy.
Video: Rare footage of the Red Baron
Reader Tom Lasser shared this link to 100-year-old footage of the Red Baron during World War I. Shot on March 9, 1917, the very rare piece of film gives us an up-close and personal look at the infamous Red Baron, Manfred Von Richthofen. Some observers note that if you look close, you also will see Hermann Goering […]
Video: A great day for flying
Jared Wellman posted this video on YouTube in early December 2017 of his 5-year-old son Deklyn’s first flight. While they didn’t make their destination due to low clouds, it didn’t seem to matter to either dad or Deklyn.
Video: Fourth birthday, first aerobatic flight
PlaneJunkies posted the video on Dec. 14, 2017, taken on his daughter’s fourth birthday and her first aerobatic flight in a Christen Eagle. “She has been flying in the Eagle since the age of two riding along, but was just to small to put on a parachute until now,” dad reports. Her first request: A four-point […]
Video: Tips to flying with a nervous passenger
Lyle Townsend posted this video Dec. 15, 2017, of his flight with his new friend Crystal, who is a self-admitted nervous flyer. She reached out to Lyle on Instagram and asked if pilots are willing to take “scaredy cats” up flying in small airplanes. “The only correct answer to this question is “ABSOLUTELY!” Lyle says. […]
Video: Top 7 Mistakes You’ll Make as a Pilot
Nick Cyganski of Friendly Skies Film posted “Top 7 Mistakes You’ll Make as a Pilot.” He notes that “although you should always do your best to be the best pilot you can be, it’s ok to make mistakes, and that’s often how we learn.” The video chronicles “just a few of the silly things, and […]
Video: Top 5 Aerobatic Aircraft
Judy Robus posted this video on Dec 6, 2017, of the top five aerobatic aircraft (in her opinion): Extra 330SC; Pitts S-1/2; Sukhoi Su-29; Edge 540; and Extreme XA41.