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Weather Judgment – Go or No-Go
Weather Judgment – Go or No-Go
Judgment, often defined as the ability to arrive at a wise decision, is the combination of knowledge and skill, tempered by experience. Studies show that pilot judgment can, in large part, be learned, and that learning process starts with sound pilot education. You can also improve your “Go or No-Go” weather judgment by setting personal weather minimums based on your level of training and…
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Practical Risk Management for Night VFR Flight – an FAA Guide
Practical Risk Management for Night VFR Flight – an FAA Guide
Purpose
Flying at night can be very enjoyable, if pilots understand the differences of night flying and take the necessary actions to prepare for a safe flight. This guide suggests ways for flight instructors to teach risk management for safe VFR flying at night.
Profile
Factors in night accidents often include errors in planning, decision-making, and risk management. Fatigue can contribute to…
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Good Aviation Weather Briefing - The Basics
Good Aviation Weather Briefing – The Basics
A good weather briefing starts with developing total awareness of the overall “big picture” prior to obtaining a detailed or standard briefing. Most pilots start by monitoring weather patterns via TV’s The Weather Channel several days before the flight. The day or evening before the flight, pilots may wish to obtain an outlook briefing from Flight Service Station (FSS), or electronically from a D…
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Types of Aviation Weather Briefings
Types of Aviation Weather Briefings
Standard Briefing
The standard preflight briefing will include the following elements:
Adverse Conditions: Significant meteorological information that might influence you, the pilot, to alter your proposed route of flight, or even cancel your planned flight entirely (e.g., thunderstorms, icing, turbulence, low ceilings or visibility)
Synopsis: A brief statement as to the cause of the weather…
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See and Avoid
This morning I met with the Sacramento FSDO’s FAA FAAST Team manager. He seemed really excited about the FAAST Team and it’s programs and agenda. And of course I was there to see him as I found myself really excited about their new website and the much awaited automation and multi-media support and training material available to the Flight Instructors and Pilots. He mentioned something about “See…
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