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Tools for Flying Safely
Tools for Flying Safely
Mastery Flight Training, Inc. products:
TURBO TROUBLE Bonanzapilots.com
Audio recording of the inaugural Turbo Talk bimonthly turbo owners teleconference
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Categorical Outlook Flying™ go/no-go decision-making matrix
Altitude Critical Areas for reducing pilot workload at critical times
Single-pilot Procedures During Taxi Operations (Tower-controlled airports)
Single-pilot Procedures During Taxi Operations (Nontowered airports)
(FAA version) Pilot and Aircrew Procedures During Taxi Operations
The FAA Safety Team (FAASTeam) has published the above two-page guide to safe pilot/crew procedures during taxi. I would add: “Complete GPS programming and other ‘heads-down’ tasks before beginning taxi, or in the run-up area after coming to a complete stop.” All pilots: review and consider its advice. Instructors: cover this sheet (and the two single-pilot versions I created, linked above) with pre-solo students, and use it as part of the ground instruction required for Flight Reviews.
The Aircraft Renter's Code of Conduct
The CFI Interview for finding the right instructor to meet your goals
FAASTeam
products and other instructional tools:
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has published new guidance to pilots for avoiding thunderstorms. Released as part of the NTSB Final Report on the severe thunderstorm penetration that led to legendary test pilot Scott Crossfield's death, this guidance reminds pilots that avoiding thunderstorms is "primarily [the pilot's] responsibility," and outlines the role and limitations of Air Traffic Control in helping pilots avoid severe weather encounters.
FAA Guide to the Instrument Procedures Check (IPC)
Circle to IPC (from Aviation Safety, October 2004)
FAA Personal Minimums Worksheet
Approach Risk Assessment from the Flight Safety Foundation
NEW! FAA Partial Panel Performance Study
Excellent
sources of aviation safety information:
FAASAFETY.gov numerous documents and programs on safe flying
Aircraft Pilots Airports Airspace Airworthiness Guidance Human Factors
Safety Safety 2 Weather Interactive/Video
Ron Zasadzinski's Weather Page perhaps the best collection of aviation weather links on the Web
FAA Flight Physiology/Altitude Chamber Training -- a must for pilots who fly in the flight levels, and a good
idea for everyone else
NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System Callback online -- learn from situations that were almost
mishaps. Sign up for a free e-mail issue of Callback each time it's published
Additional ASRS links:
ASRS reporting form (the "NASA Form")
Subscribe to Callback by e-mail notification
FAA Advisory Circular 00-46D, which covers the ASRS
My Aero News Network Aero-Tips article on the ASRS
Cockpit Concepts from the Aviation Safety Connection -- judgment and decision-making for safe flying
Spinning the Baron -- and why it's NOT a good idea. From Zdravko Podolski of Amelia Reid Aviation
Planecrashinfo.com -- mainly military and commercial aviation, around the world. Good for historical research
Pilot Safety News -- to promote safe flying with emphasis on regional differences in flying risk factors
The Flight Training Coalition -- a clearinghouse for ideas and information to aid those who are engaged in lifelong
learning about aviation
Over the Airwaves -- the bi-weekly journal for the proficient pilot
Sporty's Safety Quizzes -- short memory joggers from Sporty's Pilot Shop and AOPA's Air Safety Foundation
Other items of interest:
"Keep Your Speed Up" Approach and printable diagram
Vortex generators on Baron aircraft--a pilot report
100LL (avgas) fuel sales trends
Asymmetric flap extension items:
In-flight airframe failures in Beech Bonanza and Debonair airplanes
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