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Small Children in Small Airplanes
Advice on taking your little ones flying… In the past couple months I have been asked several times what I thought about taking small children flying. I thought I would share my thoughts on the topic for those of you parents and grand-parents itching to take little ones flying. First, let’s recognize that small children […]
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Colorado Flight Instruction : Demand for airline pilots set to soar
Begin your flight instruction today at Eagle County Regional Airport… Here is an interesting article from USA Today regarding the future of Pilot Hiring. I’m guessing this is a good time to learn to fly in order to position yourself for this upcoming hiring frenzy. http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/story/2011/06/Demand-for-airline-pilots-set-to-soar/48661596/1 After nearly a four-year drought of job openings, the airline […]
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Night Flight in the Mountains
Flying VFR at Night in the Colorado Rockies Simply from reading the headline some of you may respond “that’s crazy.” In reality night flight through the mountains can be more dangerous, but there are things a pilot can do to minimize the risk. If you pick the right night, night flight in the mountains can […]
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Aircraft Rental in Vail Eagle Colorado
Aircraft rental at the Eagle County Regional AirportAlpine Flight School offers pilot training and aircraft rental in the Vail Valley. Our aircraft is a Diamond DA-20 Eclipse, commonly referred to as a Katana and is the later generation of the tried and true Katana aircraft. The original Diamond DA-20 Katana was equipped with a 90 […]
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How close to the edge of the performance envelope are you?
The importance of closely examining aircraft performance in the summer and at higher elevations. We frequently hear about complacency with relation to flying. The tendency of course is that as pilots get more and more time under their belts, they tend to become complacent with regards to the operation of their aircraft. We see […]
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Flying My Own Plane to Alaska
Planning a trip to Alaska in your own airplane…I’ve made the decision in the last couple weeks to take my son and fly to Alaska next summer (2012). I’ve always had a desire to fly a plane to Alaska and see the state, but my recent inspiration for the trip has come about after reading […]
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Looking & Scanning for Other Air Traffic
Proof that you can never stop looking for other aircraft. During a lesson today at Eagle Airport as we were taxing back to the ramp a completely unannounced aircraft suddenenly appeared on short final and proceeded to do touch-and-go’s. Consider that Eagle Airport is a tower controlled airport with as many as 1000 operations per […]
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Wings Seminar / Safety Seminar Schedule | Loren French
A schedule of seminars and presentations that Loren French will be givingNo lectures or seminars are currently planned.
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High Density Altitude Takeoff Tip
Flaps… more flaps does not equal more lift. The other day I was at an FBO and I overheard a conversation between two pilots talking about flying to Denver in the summer. The one pilot who had flew to Denver last summer was relaying his experience. He was flying a 182 into Front Range Airport […]
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Grand Canyon Special Airspace | Flying the Grand Canyon
An online safety program about the Grand Canyon Special Airspace Here’s a neat program about the Grand Canyon Airspace. It’s a great 49 slide program greatly detailing all the information about the Grand Canyon Airspace. It explains all the altitudes, the GA cooridors, and the FAR 93 requirement to monitor the specific frequencies. It’s loaded with lots […]
