Uncontrolled Airport Radio Communications
Archives for » Page 55Flying into an uncontrolled airport certainly isn’t an ideal time for radio failure I experienced my first radio failure the other day. It was more like total radio static – but it was enough that we couldn’t hear anything that the controller was saying, so in my mind yes, radio failure. […]
Part 135 Certification For Drone Delivery in Aviation Airspace
Archives for » Page 55Heads up: UPS has received Part 135 Certification for drones Aviation airspace just got a whole lot busier – drones are here to stay. “UPS Flight Forward received the first full FAA Standard Part 135 Certification for commercial unmanned drone deliveries by a dedicated drone delivery company.” Transportation Secretary, Elaine Chao, […]
HAI HELI-EXPO is CTS’s First Show of the New Decade
Archives for » Page 55The Vortex of HAI HELI-EXPO 2020 is drawing us in Happy New Year! CTS is heading to sunny California for the 2020 HAI HELI-EXPO January 28-30 and would love to talk with you. Find us at Booth #5433 and let us show you what we’re excited about this year. Here’s a […]
Crew Resource Management: A Wild Ride At O’hare
Archives for » Page 55Crew Resource Management when it works well, works well Quick. You just landed. You press on the brakes and…nothing happens. No brakes, no airbrakes, no reverse. Nothing. What’s your next move? What would you do? Sounds like a bad simulator training scenario, doesn’t it? But no, this actually happened. And crew […]
Aviation Weather Conditions Cause Spatial Disorientation
Archives for » Page 55Aviation weather phenomena changes can lead to serious consequences White out, brown out and flat light conditions are dangerous aviation weather phenomena for all pilots, but helicopter pilots seem to suffer more ill effects than their fixed wing counterparts. Spatial disorientation is listed as the primary factor in countless helicopter accident […]
Crew Resource Management: Does A “Weird Feeling” Count?
Archives for » Page 55Crew Resource Management may include listening to your gut Imagine screaming down the runway at 100 knots, fully expecting the nose to lift off, but nothing is happening. Now imagine that you’re the pilot not flying (PNF) and you don’t know WHY the nose is not lifting off. What do you […]
Advanced Pilot Training for the Low Time Pilot
Archives for » Page 55Pilot training classes don’t account for flight experience There is a new trend in pilot training that I had the chance to witness first hand in my initial Falcon 2000 Type Rating class. I must admit, this new trend makes me uneasy on multiple levels. There were 4 of us in […]
Pilot Training for Rejected Takeoff
Archives for » Page 55Pilot training for rejected takeoff works best when you follow through on your own briefing There I was, halfway through initial pilot training for the Falcon 2000. It was rejected take-off day in the simulator, a maneuver that has always been relatively low stress for me – just stomp on the […]
Pilot Training: Using Your iPad in the Dark
Archives for » Page 55Pilot training and flying in the dark is easier on the eyes with a simple adjustment to the iPad Oh how I dislike the weeks of pilot training in a dark simulator. It’s hard enough trying to find all the switches and knobs in the dark, but trying to read the […]
Aviation Weather Creates Winter Runway Hazards
Archives for » Page 55Aviation Weather Produces Wary Winter Pilots Did you see the video recently showing the airline skidding off the icy runway at O’Hare? It’s that time of year again…aviation weather is about to wreak havoc with our runways. If it can happen at O’Hare, with the best snow removal equipment and operators, […]