Questions tagged [flight-training]
Flight training includes all aspects of training and testing pilots and other crew members
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For a PPL, do I pursue gliders or airplanes first? [closed]
I'm interested in pursuing a Private Pilot's License. I'm interested in both gliders and powered flight. Gliders look like fantastic fun and powered flight would be an amazing thing to have – I could ...
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Why do we still interpolate in performance tables?
I'm getting my Private Pilot License. In the coursework, we learn about flight planning, which requires looking at performance charts for your particular aircraft. These charts in my case are tables ...
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What were typical US military training aircraft of the 1930s?
I am writing a novel that includes 1939 to present. I am interested in what pilots in training first used when they were entering flight school during the mid-late 1930s. Can you advise me?
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How to Start Flying? [closed]
I am a teenager(mid teen) who wants to learn how to fly and recently discovered this website. I currently want to learn to fly just for my own pleasure. I don't exactly know what I want to do as a ...
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How does a commercial helicopter pilot get a Light Sport Aircraft type rating?
I hold Commercial Pilot certification with over 4,000 helicopter pilot in command flight time. What would be my flight training requirements to obtain a type rating for Light Sport Aircraft?
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How do airliner pilots practice recovering from a bounced landing?
Other questions say bouncing an airliner is bad, why bounces happen, and how to recover from a bounce. How do pilots practice bounce recovery?
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Have there been accidents involving flight simulators?
Have there been any accidents which have happened to/in flight simulators?
I understand that simulators are used to simulate general accidents for training purposes (engine failure, birdstrikes etc), ...
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Do Flight Simulation Instructors stop the simulator before a simulated crash?
There has been quite a lot of debate in healthcare simulation communities around whether or not to allow a simulated patient to die during training because it might negatively impact the intended ...
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What control inputs are required to perform a "turning-while-in-flight" maneuver in a helicopter?
My question is relatively simple and has to do with the required control inputs to perform a simple turning maneuver over a large area.
Suppose a helicopter is traveling in forward flight, straight ...
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Is it worth it taking flying lessons even though I can't commit to regular lessons right now? [closed]
I can’t commit to flying on a regular basis right now. I’m close to a Class B airport with a flight school. There’s a C150 for 100/hr and a Zlin 242 for 160/hr. Instruction is 50/hr. There is, ...
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Should I do bachelor first or pilot training first?
I am a student now going to grade 12 residing in Nepal. I am perplexed about should i do my training first get a job and do bachelor alongside with my job or should I do bachelor first and then ...
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Where do flight sims get their data on aircraft flight characteristics?
Flight sims offer very realistic simulations of how a particular aircraft feels, claimed by pilot interviews on youtube.
But how do sims get their data?
First, does all this data even exist, i mean ...
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IFR training in the free route airspace
The free route airspace is spreading in Central Europe, consuming routes and decomissioning VORs. There are no routes left in the high airspace, and some of the FIRs keep a few low (up to FL95) RNAV ...
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Did C-124 loadmasters receive parachute and water survival training?
When the position of "loadmaster" was created for the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, did prospective USAF loadmasters attend the parachute training and water survival school at the 3904th ...
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My kid wants to be a pilot
My 7 yo is really keen on taking up aviation as a career.
I have seen multiple times where kids at the age of 15-16 get licenses to fly. How does that happen?
Looking for some advise on how to start ...
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Can Savannah be stalled with agressive yoke pull?
My friend fly ultra light Savannah, 2 seats plane,wings dont have slats ,it has vortex generators at leading edge.
He says that he cant stall plane with agressive yoke pull (I talk about speeds above ...
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Where to start learning how to fly and build flight hours? [duplicate]
High school student here. I really want to be a commercial pilot since I was a kid. I really don’t know where to start learning, either cadet pilot school (funded and organized by the airline), a ...
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Why is training regarding the loss of RAIM given so much more emphasis than training regarding the loss of SBAS?
I've noticed a lack of subject matter on the loss of SBAS as compared to RAIM.
In the ACS there is mention of RNP, SBAS (WAAS), and RAIM, which are all related, but the available content for RAIM and ...
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What are the pros and cons of PPL training at class C airport?
I'm looking to start PPL training soon, and the closest airfield is Austin-Bergstrom International, which is a class C. The only downside I see to doing training at KAUS is that the few PPL programs ...
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Can a CFI give training outside the US in a non-N registered aircraft?
My question is if a US CFI can give instruction in other countries with an airplane that's not registered in the US (N) (as long as he has certifications to fly those airplanes in other countries)?
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What instrument can be used to check that constant attitude is maintained?
In Sporty’s training, the following question came:
One way to determine that you are maintaining a constant attitude
is to occasionally check:
A. The vertical speed indicator
B. The tachometer
C. The ...
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In USAF are people WSO by choice or is it because they didn’t make the cut to be a pilot?
Generally, is a US Air Force Weapon Systems Officer (WSO)
someone who wanted to be an WSO or is specifically assigned and trained to be an WSO from the start, or
someone who failed flight training ...
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Are any flight schools or clubs in Canada using Pipistrel's Alpha Electro or Velis Electro?
I'm interested in the business and environmental possibilities of using electric trainers for training.
Are there flight clubs or flight schools training with electric aircraft?
I thought I'd read ...
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First time passenger flight by two pilots?
In this video, the captain proclaims after take-off:
We were nervous about this, but takeoff went smoothly
It was his first passenger flight in the A350, but still... not exactly what I would want ...
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Is a CFII required in order for a flight Instructor to provide training for added class ratings?
Must a flight instructor have a CFII to provide multi-engine add-on training to a customer meeting the following criteria:
Holds a commercial pilot certificate with a single engine land class rating.
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Why does aileron response diminish as speed becomes slower, from slow-flight up to the stall? (In a light trainer)
Can someone phrase the explanation to this in simple words as you would explain to a student?
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For the CFIs, CFIIs, MEIs, and AGIs - How often do you find students that utilize your ratings?
I am curious. Out of 100 new students that walk into the average flight school, how many only need a standard CFI, how many do instrument training, and how many do multi-engine training? Additionally, ...
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Can I count solo complex time as complex training time for a commercial certificate?
Does a combination of both dual and solo hours in a complex aircraft (PA28R-180) which total 10 or more flight hours meet the commercial pilot training requirements of FAR 61.129(a)(3)(ii) or must all ...
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What plane cost less per mile to operate for one person? [closed]
The 98 Toyota Corolla has a strong history for being a low maintenance, fuel efficient and cheap car. 400k mile reliability if driven with respect and preventative maintenance.
What plane has these ...
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What is needed to go from a student pilot license to a private pilot license?
I will be 16 in a few weeks and I really want to get flying so I am currently thinking that I should get a Student Pilots license and then get a Private Pilot License next summer when I am 17 but I ...
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Does FAA recommends specific maneuvers for complex endorsements? [closed]
I was pretty excited for a 5 hour flight in a piper arrow in a new school this coming weekend but my instructor that I have not flown with before texted me saying that he will not sign me off after ...
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How much simulator training for general-aviation?
How much training/refreshing is necessary/desirable for instructing general aviation pilots? All I see is commercial pilots been trained in simulators.
A real general aviation airplane might be not ...
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Are 737 pilots required to train in manual-reversion flight?
All jetliners prior to about 1970 had flight controls that could, if need be, be manually operated without the use of any hydraulics:
Some, such as the DC-9, had manual flight controls with hydraulic ...
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How to get the correct speed/power on downwind?
(Note: in this example I'm taking speeds from a Cessna 172)
I was taught that on downwind, you fly at pattern altitude at a normal power setting until you beam the numbers, at which you reduce power (...
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How to calculate aerodrome elevation given QNH and QFE [closed]
Would someone be able to explain how to get the answer to the following question?
13) The QFE for the aerodrome is currently 985 hectopascals. The QNH you have been given is 1031 hectopascals. ...
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Was there any kind of preventative collision training for dogfights during WWI and WWII?
Watching some old films on YouTube about dogfighting has me curious about this. Definitely seems like most dogfights around this time were extremely close, involving tight formations and turns. Was ...
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Help clarify Pilot's difficulty balancing forces acting on aircraft during cruise stage?
How does the ideal disposition of the four forces in an aircraft relate to the nose-up or nose-down pitching moments? What are the difficulties that the pilot can face to maintain such an ideal ...
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Is there a maximal time to pass a type rating?
Let's say you begin a type rating for a long haul carrier (e.g. A350 or B787) at day 1. After few days, your training stops due to external causes (airline paying your training bankrupt, all aircraft ...
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Why and how would I land straight-in from a circle-to-land approach?
I'm currently studying for an IR (US). One of the exam practice questions concerns an IAP having only circling minimums, and references 5-4-20(c) of the AIM, which reads:
Straight-in Minimums are ...
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Do gliders make a better pilot? [closed]
I've often heard that learning to fly gliders makes you a better airplane pilot, in person and in answers here and here. Is this true, and if so, what specifically is it about gliders—or at least ...
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Are there dual pilot planes to pilot myself? [duplicate]
I understand planes have 2 piloting systems often?
Is there a plane I can demo fly first flight?
I'm interested in saying I have flown and that's it.
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What to do as an international student without a driving license that is needed for PPL Training in Germany?
I am required by the Luftamt Südbayern to provide information from the driving suitability register from the Federal Motor Transport Authority in Germany but I do not have a German driving license as ...
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Am I required to be current in my aircraft type to start CFI training? [closed]
Do i have to be current on my type (Cessna 172) to start flying the flight instructor training course?
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Why can’t level D simulators produce a G-force effect?
From what I know so far, simulators can’t simulate this feeling, I’ve heard some say it will never be possible. Is that true? There’s really no way of producing this in a simulation?
asked Feb 8 '20 at 3:35
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What are the unique shapes of the weapons control switches in a F-14?
In his answer to the question Muscle memory for weapons systems? Michael Hall mentioned "'blind fold cockpit checks'... (learning to) locate certain switches by feel, reinforcing muscle memory to both ...
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What questions should I expect during an EASA skill test?
I have my skill test in few days. I'm lost on what are the questions that will be asked during the oral part of the atpl skill test.
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Muscle memory for weapons systems?
How often do military pilots train to retain muscle memory for use of weapons systems?
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How do dummy bombs simulate real bombs in training when they're so much smaller?
This picture shows a couple of Mk-76 25lb (11kg) Inert Training Bombs on a McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II; it's clear that the physical characteristics of the dummy bomb are quite different to ...
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When approaching a stall, is the first priority to apply power or lower nose?
I’ve always wondered. And I’d assume it’s the same regardless of aircraft? But when approaching a stall would the main priority be adding more power?
I ask because what if a crew was on final for ...
asked Jan 10 '20 at 9:28
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Is it harder to get a first pilot certificate in a motorglider compared to a normal powered aircraft (near St. Paul, MN.)?
Is it harder to get a first pilot certificate in a motorglider (glider - self launch) vs. normal powered aircraft near St. Paul, MN.
It seems like a self launch glider certificate would be a great ...
