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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 […]
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Mountain Flying Adventure | AOPA Pilot April 2009 Issue
Telluride, Aspen, Leadville & Glenwood Springs Top The ListI opened my mail box yesterday and much to my delight, the cover story for April 2009 AOPA Pilot is Mountain Flying Adventure – Backcountry Adventure and to Ten most Challenging Airports. I thought this was a great piece. The second piece was the survey results from […]
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Flying Missed After the Missed Approach Point | Mountain Instrument Flying
Going Missed after you Pass the Missed Approach PointIn the last post I discussed how instrument flight in the mountains introduces scenarios that don’t necessarily exist otherwise. Today I wanted to highlight one such that is relatively common with mountain airports yet infrequently discussed. To understand this scenario you’ll need to look at the approach […]
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Mountain CFI launches iPhone Application
News and Information from MountainCFI available on the iPhone In the next 30 days you’ll be able to get the content of this website delivered to your iPhone through our new iPhone application created by iTechnology Design. Thought provoking ideas and content focused on flying small aircraft in the Colorado high country. The MountainCFI iPhone application […]
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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 […]
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X-Plane 9 for iPad, Another Great Aviation iPad App
Fun… Yes. But Also a Great Simulatior Instructional Aid!I recently added the new X-Plane 9 to the contents of my iPad. I previously had X-Plane on my iPhone and thought it was ok. I was sure in for a surprise when I downloaded X-Plane 9 for the iPad. X-Plan 9 simulator is simply incredible, and […]
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Flightseeing | Flight to See Fall Colors of the Colorado Rockies from the Air
Autumn is at it’s peak in the next couple weeks, an ideal time to see the Rockies. I was up flying today in the Roaring Fork Valley, and boy the colors are amazing. 9 News said the colors are at peak next weekend. This is a great time to fly the Colorado Rockies and see […]
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Point your plane Due West, Aviation Fun in Western Colorado
Learning Mountain Flying in the Heart of the Colorado RockiesIf you’ve ever wanted to learn the skills to be proficient to fly your own airplane in the Colorado Rockies then we can help. Mountain CFI specializes in mountain flying instruction in your own aircraft. We use a variety of structured and unstructured scenarios to teach […]
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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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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 […]
