-
Mountain Flying Video – Route Planning
Just wanted to share a brief educational video we produced at our flight school earlier this week about mountain flying, this is the first module of 5 planned units we’re going to put into youtube on the fundamentals of mountain flying. Would like to hear some feedback on the unit. <strong>Mountain Flying Ground School – […]
-
Flight Lessons in Vail Colorado, Eagle Airport
Learn to fly in the mountains at the Eagle Airport, located near Vail Colorado Whether you are learning to fly for the first time, or simply looking to add mountain flying to your skill set, Alpine Flight School located at Eagle Airport can help. Alpine Flight School offers private pilot ground and flight training as […]
-
Glenwood Springs Flying Club
An affordable option for Flying in the Colorado Rockies Depending upon what your specific goals and plan is, joining the Glenwood Springs Flying club may or may not be right for you. Essentially, the club has about 15 members and 2 early 70′s aircraft. Both aircraft are Cherokee 235′s. The aircraft are older, and given […]
-
Density Altitude
There are more factors than just Altitude and Temperature Most people commonly believe there are only two factors related to determining density altitude: field elevation and temperature. The belief that these are the only factors stems from the age-old use of the “density altitude chart” that every pilot encounters in textbooks, on tests, and in […]
-
CRM is more than just being nice!
Crew Resource Management Continental Airlines Flight 1943 Continental Airlines flight 1943 illustrates a unique CRM problem unlike that of most aviation accidents. In February of 1996, the crew of a Douglass DC-9 accidentally landed gear-up in Houston, Texas. Unlike most crews involved in accidents, this crew was very friendly, they liked each other, and they […]
-
Getting a Mountain Checkout is Important
Dreams of flying to Alaska, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming? Get some instruction and a checkout!Have you ever dreamed of flying your own airplane to an exotic mountain destination in the Rockies like Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana, Canada, or even Alaska? Think about getting a mountain flying checkout and some good mountain flying instruction. A thorough […]
-
Mountain Flying Courses – Returning to Eagle, Colorado
Coming Back Home To Colorado! Greetings to all. After a long 18 months in Albuquerque working for Eclipse Aviation I will be returning to my home airport of Eagle Colorado. As usual, I will continute to offer the mountain flying courses. Starting September 15th, the courses will be held to and from Eagle Airport. The […]
-
Mountain FLying Basics – Altitude for Pass and Ridge Crossing
A good gauge and strategy for crossing ridges and mountain passes. One of the frequent topics that comes up during our mountain flying courses is what is the correct elevation for pass crossing. I’ll attempt to make the answer as straight forward as possible however there are several considerations. The first thing to remember […]
-
Flight Safety and the Ketosis Diet
Are ketosis diets safe for active pilots? In the past 5 years there has been explosive use of low carbohydrate, high protein and high fat nutritional approaches. Although the long term benefits of these nutritional approaches will be debated for quite some time their immediate impacts to the human body are quite clear. Diets such […]
-
Mountain Flying Basics – Pass Crossing Altitude
One of the frequent topics that comes up during our mountain flying courses is what is the correct elevation for pass crossing. I’ll attempt to make the answer as straight forward as possible however there are several considerations but if you follow some basic mountain flying strategies it’s pretty straight forward.
