Click Here To Help Improving This Blog !I’m an avid aviation reader, but time is frequently the limit of what I can read. So each time I receive a new magazine, I start reading the columns from authors I know and appreciate. If you’re a fellow reader you won’t be surprised to know that my favorite topics are modern aircrafts and safety.
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Checklist work is not the funniest part of aviation but is an important safety factor. Checklists define what to do in all phases of flight from engine start-up to shutdown. As they are pre-defined there is no need for the crew to re-think each time how to do things, especially in case of emergency.
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If you want to add a new destination to your logbook in 2008, why not Switzerland ? As a local, I can give you some tips to make your swiss operation seamless and enjoyable.
Customs
Important things first: Switzerland is not member of the European Union, so you’ll have to clear customs. Some airports and airfields offer […]
The way flight schools and aero-clubs teach VFR flight planning is exactly the same as decades ago: Unfold your en-route chart, draw your route, measure tracks and distances, find out the flight time for each segment. Then review the departure and arrival procedures on the Visual Approach Charts.
This method worked for years and will continue […]
Here again, what I can tell is how I made it, which worked quite well, but there is no absolute / universal way to manage this transition, which is not obvious as it could seem.
One first advice is that if possible, you should to your G1000 transition on a plane type you already know, so […]
