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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.
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Mountain Flying Leadville
There are a couple iconic mountain airports in Colorado that are well worth the effort to visit. As part of our mountain training we frequently visit these airports, among them is Leadville. Thin air, turbulence, and gusty winds can make any mountain airport challenging for takeoff and landing, but Leadville, Colorado is exceptionally demanding. At […]
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Mountain Pass Flying
Passes, Passes and more Passes A popular training scenario we frequently fly with pilot’s looking to learn mountain flying is this itinerary that includes some of the more challenging mountain passes in Colorado. This 3/4 day adventure focuses on terrain flying and pass crossing. From Eagle, we depart southwest over Cottonwood Pass, cross McClure Pass, Kebler […]
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Mountain Flight Training – Topic: Crosswind Landings
Upcoming Event CROSSWIND SEMINAR Sat, Nov 16th, 2013 – 10AM Vail Valley Jet Center Terminal B Taylor Albrecht of Crosswind Concepts will be conducting a crosswind clinic at Eagle on Saturday November 16th 2013 at 10:00 AM in Terminal B of the Vail Valley Jet Center If you’re a pilot that could use a little […]
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Mountain Flight Training – Topic: Survival
As the temperatures drop, it’s time to carefully consider survival and your routes. I have frequently told pilots I fly with, if you look down and imagine a circle below you at a 45 degree angle from your airplane and you don’t like the thought of (1) landing in that circle and (2) the challenge […]
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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 […]
