Pass Your Instrument Pilot Checkride 2.0: Your Examiner's Favorite Checkride Questions

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Pilot 101: How to Become a Pilot and Achieve Success in Your Aviation Career From A to Z

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The Private Pilot License Exam Test Prep: Everything You Need to Know to Pass the Check-Ride and Get Your PPL on the First Try with Flying Colors. Theory, Tests, Explanations, +130 Q&A, Vocabulary

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Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge: FAA-H-8083-25B (Federal Aviation Administration)

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Airplane Flying Handbook: FAA-H-8083-3B (Federal Aviation Administration)

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Airplane Flying Handbook FAA-H-8083-3A - Vol. 3

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Airplane Flying Handbook FAA-H-8083-3A - Vol. 2

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The Killing Zone, 2nd edition: How and Why Pilots Die

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Weather for pilots

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Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying

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Airbus A320: Crew manual

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The PILOT Method: The 5 Elemental Truths to Leading Yourself in Life!

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This Is Your Captain Speaking: Stories from the Flight Deck

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Flight Hacking: Learn the Secrets to Flying for Free

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Pass Your Commercial Pilot Checkride

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Pass Your Private Pilot Checkride 3.1

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Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge FAA-H-8083-25A

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Aviation Instructor's Handbook: FAA-H-8083-9B (Federal Aviation Administration)

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Airplane Flying Handbook FAA-H-8083-3A - Vol. 1

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Private Pilot Blueprint

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Aviation Instructor's Handbook FAA-H-8083-9A

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Flying Solo

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Cockpit Confidential: Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel: Questions, Answers, and Reflections

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Aviation Mastery

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Weather Flying

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Flying Drunk: The True Story of a Northwest Airlines Flight, Three Drunk Pilots, and One Man's Fight for Redemption

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20 Hrs. 40 Mins: Our Flight In The Friendship

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Tanker Pilot: Lessons from the Cockpit

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Scapegoat: A Flight Crew's Journey from Heroes to Villains to Redemption

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The Dream Machine: The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey

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The Private Pilot License Checkride Test Prep – FAA Edition: Best in Class Strategies for Acing the Private Pilot Checkride Successfully

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Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

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Kelly: More Than My Share of It All

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Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars

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The Wright Brothers

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Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History

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Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings

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His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine

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The Future of Geography: How the Competition in Space Will Change Our World

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Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution

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Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth

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The Last Man On the Moon

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Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying

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How We'll Live on Mars

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Private Pilot Blueprint

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Cockpit Confidential: Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel: Questions, Answers, and Reflections

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The Book of the Moon: A Guide to Our Closest Neighbor

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The Disappearing Act: The Impossible Case of MH370

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Flying the SR-71 Blackbird: In the Cockpit on a Secret Operational Mission

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To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight

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The Killing Zone, 2nd edition: How and Why Pilots Die

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Pass Your Commercial Pilot Checkride

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The Burning Blue: The Untold Story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA's Challenger Disaster

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Highest Duty

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Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster

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Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War

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Lost in Outer Space: The Incredible Journey of Apollo 13 (Lost #2)

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Collision on Tenerife: The How and Why of the World's Worst Aviation Disaster

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The Hidden Hindenburg: The Untold Story of the Tragedy, the Nazi Secrets, and the Quest to Rule the Skies

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Picking Through The Pieces: The Life Story of an Aircraft Accident Investigator

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Tiger in the Sea: The Ditching of Flying Tiger 923 and the Desperate Struggle for Survival

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Hanging On to ATC Clearances: How good are you at hanging on to an ATC clearance that is long and complicated? Houston Center says, “Commanche 448 Juliette Mike, reduce speed to 160, then descend and maintain 9,000 thousand. The Galveston altimeter is 29.86.

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What You are Required to Read Back to ATC: Do you know what you are required to read back when ATC issues a clearance to you? Apparently a lot of pilots–including high-time pros–don’t know what they are required to read back. A contact of mine at Chicago Approach Control said he is pulling his ...

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Enroute ATC: Traffic and Radar Handoffs: If your IFR training was like mine, you spent a lot of time taking radar vectors to instrument approaches using approach control service. Less time was spent working with enroute center controllers. Communicating with an enroute controller at an air ro...

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Enroute ATC: How to Request Direct to a Point: Cutting a corner by requesting direct to a point further along your route of flight could save time and fuel. An enroute air traffic controller will try to honor your request if circumstances permit. First and foremost it pays to know how to make a req...

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Commercial Checkride Flight: This is the final episode in our Commercial Checkride series. After the written test, checkride prep, and oral exam… now it’s time to have some fun and fly. We’ll share about our flights with two different examiners and stories of success and...

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Cannot Comply with an ATC Clearance: Unable: When you cannot comply with an ATC clearance, the magic word to use is “unable”. Simply saying “unable”, and nothing else, might not get you completely off the hook with ATC. I’ll explain why, and what to do about in this month’s edition of IFR Flight ...

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3 Ways to Improve Radio Communications: Learning proper ATC radio communications early on is crucial for success as a Private Pilot.

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197 How to Lean for Takeoff with High Density Altitude: 197 This is a follow up to #196 on Mountain Flying. Most, but not all aircraft need to be leaned prior to takeoff in high density altitude. Max discusses many methods of leaning before takeoff.

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Full Route Clearances: “Cessna 9130 Delta, Ardmore Clearance, I have a full route clearance. Advise when ready to copy.” Uh oh. A fire hose of information is about to come across the radio. Are you ready to take it all in and write it down? I would argue,

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Flying an Approach Into an Uncontrolled Pattern: You are flying an ILS approach into an uncontrolled pattern. The weather in the pattern permits VFR. There are other pilots buzzing around the airport. As you change from ATC’s frequency to the airport’s common traffic advisory frequency,

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Cleared for the Visual Approach, Or Not: You are taking radar vectors to an ILS approach. The controller points out traffic you are following. You report the traffic in sight. ATC tells you to follow the traffic and clears you for a visual approach. Two minutes later,

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121 Getting a Multi-engine rating – Interview Seth Lake: 121 Max talks with pilot examiner Seth Lake about getting a multi-engine rating in a light twin aircraft.

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200 What You Need to Know about Best Glide Speed, Recent Accidents + GA News: 200 Max talks about important factors related to flying best glide speed during an engine out emergency. He also talks about a number of recent accidents.

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Required Preflight Action: In this episode, Jason dives into CFR 91.103 talking required pre-flight action for Private Pilots.

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Episode 1: Patty Wagstaff: There I was... presented by the AOPA Air Safety Institute

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IFR Acronyms: MDA, MEA, MSA. There are so many altitude acronyms in IFR flying. In this episode, Jason helps you cut through the clutter and identify IFR altitude acronyms.

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Private Pilot Tips for Traffic Patterns, Cirrus Crash, ATC Privatization, and Air Canada Near Miss Update + GA News: Details on flying a traffic pattern, especially in a C172, update on Air Canada Near Miss audio at San Francisco, recent fatal Cirrus Crash in Sonoma, CA and the danger of pulling the parachute too low

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How to Become an Air Traffic Controller

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184 Boeing Test Pilot Has IFR Engine Out Emergency in a Beech Bonanza`: 184 Max talks with Boeing Experimental Test Pilot John Tougas about his total engine failure in a Beech Bonanza, while IFR at 5000‘ above multiple cloud layers.

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53. What character traits do successful pilots have?: Flight Advice: Stay at the regionals with a new baby or go corporate? [16:10] // Erika Armstrong updates us on the FAA requiring SMS for operators [26:04] // Erika shares some observations on the character traits of successful pilots she sees in her...

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EP42 - How To Get Started In Flying - Midlife Pilot 101

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E287- How to be a Great Airline Pilot

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RFT 249: VFR Cross-Country Planning: The first step in planning your cross-country VFR flight is to check departure, enroute and destination weather to confirm that you can safely, and legally, conduct the flight. Remember, VFR weather is 1000/3 and you must remain at least 500 feet...

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Private Pilot Tips for Non-Towered Airports, Free Cirrus Training, ATC Privatization, and Air Canada Near Miss Update + GA News: Details on entering the traffic pattern at non-Towered Airports, Free Flight Training for Cirrus buyers, update on Air Canada Near Miss at SFO.

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RFT 541: Runway Awareness and Advisory System: The Runway Awareness and Advisory System (RAAS) is one of a number of related software enhancements available on later-model Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning Systems. RAAS is designed to improve flight crew situational awareness,...

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Aviation Acronyms: From the first week of training, student pilots are thrown into a crazy new world of pilot speak. Aside from radio communication itself, there’s a big world of aviation acronyms and mnemonics to learn. It can be daunting at first, but the pilot soon...

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RFT 485: Takeoff Climb Gradients: In the airline world, there are a number of new rules, limits, and terms a pilot needs to learn. One area in which a new understanding needs to be had is in the takeoff. Gone are the days when, as a general aviation pilot, you can just eyeball the...

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315 Mastering Arrival Procedures: Common Issues and Best Practices for Instrument Pilots + GA News: Host Max Trescott delves into arrival procedures for instrument pilots, focusing on common issues and best practices. The host begins by emphasizing the importance of understanding and properly executing arrival procedures, which are often overlooked,...

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RFT 311: Takeoff Alternate: Operations Specifications (OPSPECS) are the specifications that the FAA assigns to airlines for such things as authorized routes, types of equipment, VFR and IFR operations, and alternate requirements. discusses the requirement for alternate...

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RFT 321: SOP: From : SOP is a Standard Operating Procedure. Many industries use SOP’s as a common way of ensuring tasks or operations are completed correctly, however SOP’s are essential in aviation. They ensure that aircraft are flown correctly in accordance...