Airmanship
Stuck Mic AvCast Episode 13a – Video Interview with Dave English, Author The Inner Art Of Airmanship
Thursday, November 24th, 2011Mastering the art of flying is a continuos journey along a path towards an elusive and worthy destination. Mastering the art of flying is a worthy goal which has a positive affect on of those who we fly with and those we fly over. Our journey towards mastering the art of flying leads us to [...]
Stuck Mic AvCast Episode #13 – Mobile Apps, Pilot Shortages, Magneto Checks
Saturday, November 19th, 2011Pre-Flight The Stuck Mic AvCast Mobile Apps are NOW AVAILABLE for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android. Download them today! You’ve probably noticed some extra content in the feed. These extra episodes are interviews from out in the field and other special feature content above and beyond our bi-monthly episodes. You’ll be able to distinguish [...]
What Is A Constant Speed Propeller? Part 1: The Basics
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011A listener to The Stuck MicAvast recently asked how a constant speed propeller works. Before we answer this question we must understand why airplanes have constant speed propellers and the basics of how a propeller works. Why The Constant Speed Prop? The propeller converts rotational power from the engine into thrust. The rotational power is [...]
How Reliance On Automation Has Decreased Our Flying Skills
Monday, August 8th, 2011I’ll never forget training to become a flight instructor, not only because it is one of the toughest pilot certificates to achieve but also because of an interesting incident that happened during my training. While taxiing during a windy day I had the flight controls placed in the correct position to counteract the affects of [...]
Why A Bad Landing Is Safer Than A Go Around And How We Can Change This Fact.
Friday, July 15th, 2011It was a clear VFR day, winds were light and variable with a maximum speed of six knots. This was a perfect day for golf in a mountain resort in North Carolina. But what was to be a fun golf outing ended in tragedy. While landing at the fly-in community the plane bounced twice and [...]
Alternate Plans When An Alternate Is Not Required
Sunday, June 19th, 2011It was a steamy summer afternoon, the air filled with the acrid smell of smoke from the local forest fires made my leaving the historic city of Charleston, South Carolina for cooler weather more palatable. It was the last flight of my scheduled trip and I planned on getting to Newark early for dinner, but [...]
Stalls, Deep Stalls, and What We Can Learn From The Air France Accident
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011Blue skies with an occasional puffy white cloud and a slight breeze made this the perfect day to practice landings with my student training for his commercial pilot certificate. As my student taxied to the runway I opened my window and stuck my hand out scooping up the cool morning air. I kept thinking what [...]