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About Alpine Flight School – About our flight school, how we work, what we thinkR
Alpine Flight School operates at Eagle County Regional Airport and provides flight instruction in accordance with FFA Part 61. Every element of our operation emphasizes safety. We operate a modern Diamond DA-20-C1 aircraft under a rigid maintenance program. The Diamond DA-20-C1 is touted as having the best safety record in the business as well as […]
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Mountain Flying Instruction – Mountain Flying Course in the Heart of the Colorado Ro
Have you ever wanted to venture into the mountains with your airplane, but worried that you may not be ready for the challenge? If you want to fly in the mountains, the best idea is to get some mountain flight instruction from a qualified flight instruction that specializes in mountain flying. The team of instructors […]
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Flight Training and Rental Aircraft at Eagle Airport Colorado – Alpine Flight School
Our Training Aircraft, the DA-20-C1 Katana Eclipse Alpine Flight School utilizes the Diamond DA-20 Katana for initial and instrument flight training. We believe the DA-20 is one of the finest training aircraft available for many reasons. Imagine taking the ultimate 2 seat sports car and adding wings. That’s the feeling you get when you take […]
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Mountain Flying Course
1 and 2 day Mountain Flying courses in Colorado If you want to fly in the mountains, the best idea is to get some mountain flight instruction from a qualified flight instruction that specializes in mountain flying. The team of instructors at Alpine Flight Instruction can provide just that training. Central Colorado offers incredible natural […]
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Getting a Mountain Flying Lesson in Vail
For pilots visiting the Vail Valley, Mountain Flying is a great way to breakup the time.There are a tremendous number or great reasons to visit the Vail Valley…. whether summer or winter, there is always something to do. Skiing, hiking, biking, golf, the list goes on and on. While you’re visiting here consider another great […]
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Eagle County Regional Airport Flight Instruction
Flight Instruction at Eagle County Regional AirportLoren French, the operator of MountainCFI.com offers flight instruction in the Central Colorado Rockies and Western Slope of Colorado. Close proximity to Eagle County Regional Airport and Glenwood Springs Aiport. Loren offers flight training in single and mult-engine aircraft, complex, high-performance, as well as single engine sea plane training. […]
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iPad, A Great Tool for Aviation & Mountain Flying
My new iPad is a great tool for aviation and instruction.In the last couple months I’ve become fairly proficient with my new Apple iPad. By aviation standards the device is downright cheap, and what it provides is incredible. In the coming months I’ll go into specificas about some of the apps I really like, but […]
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IFR Mountain Flying | Instrument Flight Rules Considerations
Considerations When Planning IFR in the MountainsA couple years ago I had a Private Pilot come to Eagle for a two day mountain flight training course. As with all pilots that attend this training, the starting place is a discussion about the type of flying they do, the flying they plan to do, skill level, […]
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Aviation Accident Cause vs. Prevention
Knowing the Cause of an Accident Doesn’t Mean We Know How to Prevent ItFor the last 2 days the front page of the newspapers here in Vail Colorado have carried headlines of yet another unfortunate mountain crash. In this latest accident the pilot was alone and crashed his Cessna 182 into the Holy Cross wilderness […]
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Winter Mountain Flying
Different Seasons Create Different Experiences for Learning to Fly in the MountainsThe ceilings are low, the visibility decreasing. I look out at the airfield and a winter storm is rolling in… Not early, not late, just when we would expect to start seeing regular snow. There will probably be no flying for the rest of […]
