Comments for BruceAir, LLC (bruceair.com) http://bruceair.wordpress.com Every seat's a window seat on BruceAir Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:29:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Video: Introduction to Aerobatics by jeritilley http://bruceair.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/video-introduction-to-aerobatics/#comment-897 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:29:49 +0000 https://bruceair.wordpress.com/?p=1350#comment-897 Interesting video there. Looks the the Extra 300 was handled very gently !!!

smooth landings !

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]]> Comment on Localizer Performance (LP) Procedures by LP Approaches are now Available « BruceAir, LLC (bruceair.com) http://bruceair.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/localizer-performance-lp-procedures/#comment-855 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:27:03 +0000 https://bruceair.wordpress.com/?p=1138#comment-855 [...] RNAV approaches with LP (localizer performance) minimums. You can read more about LP at my blog here and in AIM 1-1-20 [...]

]]> Comment on Substituting GPS for Ground-Based Navigation Aids by Michael Teninty http://bruceair.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/substituting-gps-for-ground-based-navigation-aids/#comment-838 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:00:02 +0000 https://bruceair.wordpress.com/?p=1343#comment-838 This is a good one, thanks for this article. I am going to keep it indexed for future student questions. -Mike

]]> Comment on Flying with an iPad3: First Impressions by broadbentfamily http://bruceair.wordpress.com/2012/03/25/flying-with-an-ipad3-first-impressions/#comment-800 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 07:44:53 +0000 https://bruceair.wordpress.com/?p=956#comment-800 Excellent info – thanks Bruce – I’m a student at 51 gleaning from you and other pros as I’ve been learning my Ipad 3 with Garmin Pilot and Wingx. I’m a technology geek by way of my career and love digging deep into what this tool can do for me in the cockpit, and it’s great to see how you’re using it coming from a seasoned CFI perspective. Went flying today – KVNY to KWJF, Van Nuys to Lancaster Round trip, flew right seat with a buddy and learned a ton jumping from Garmin Pilot sectional moving map to Wingx, WOW, now once I have my certificate I want to add a Zaon. The awareness that is possible is incredibly great.
Thanks for your blog!
Terry Broadbent

]]> Comment on Visit to Flight Simulation Okinawa by Milo Manna http://bruceair.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/visit-to-flight-simulation-okinawa/#comment-756 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 01:12:56 +0000 http://bruceair.wordpress.com/?p=1258#comment-756 Looks like a great facility. I am a big fan of simulator based flight training – it can really complement a training program with things you could not (or should not) do in an actual aircraft. But the sim in Okinawa looks like a great way to recruit and orient students as well. Thanks for all the great content, Bruce.

]]> Comment on Visit to Flight Simulation Okinawa by Judy http://bruceair.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/visit-to-flight-simulation-okinawa/#comment-744 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 01:07:56 +0000 http://bruceair.wordpress.com/?p=1258#comment-744 I have found your book very beneficial and your comments right on about the use of simulators with students and those investigating what it is like before delving into lessons. Thanks for making a budding flight instructor’s work more effective, Bruce!

]]> Comment on New Stall and Spin Demonstrations: Videos by Rich Stowell http://bruceair.wordpress.com/2012/11/19/new-stall-and-spin-demonstrations-videos/#comment-730 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 01:23:18 +0000 http://bruceair.wordpress.com/?p=1211#comment-730 Hey Bruce, great job with your videos, and thanks so much for the reference to the Stall/Spin book!

]]> Comment on More on using Flight Training Devices to maintain IFR currency by bruceair http://bruceair.wordpress.com/2011/06/25/more-on-using-flight-training-devices-to-maintain-ifr-currency/#comment-591 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:51:59 +0000 http://bruceair.wordpress.com/?p=363#comment-591 As I noted in a new post at Beechtalk, I think think you’re over-analyzing the FAA’s position. For now, the rules and FAA legal interpretations are clear. If you want to log FTD time for currency or for credit toward the requirements for an instrument rating, an authorized instructor must be present during FTD training sessions and that instructor must endorse your logbook.

]]> Comment on More on using Flight Training Devices to maintain IFR currency by Matthew Yarnall http://bruceair.wordpress.com/2011/06/25/more-on-using-flight-training-devices-to-maintain-ifr-currency/#comment-590 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:13:16 +0000 http://bruceair.wordpress.com/?p=363#comment-590 Bruce,
I am also going to post this on Beechtalk, because I think you visit that site. Am I wrong to interpret this to mean I can use an FTD for CURRENCY without an instructor present, but I would not be able to use an FTD to log time without an instructor for the purposes of obtaining an IFR rating.

]]> Comment on Flying (and Filing) Direct v. Airways by JohnO http://bruceair.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/flying-and-filing-direct-v-airways/#comment-568 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 22:13:35 +0000 https://bruceair.wordpress.com/?p=1125#comment-568 I agree wholeheartedly. Living in Minnesota, we get spoiled in that we don’t have much terrain, and ATC will usually clear you direct to anywhere in the midwest, but I still suggest to my instrument students that they file and fly airways, at least in most cases. What I’ll often do is what you suggest – file via airways, then, once at cruise, and with the aircraft, weather, and traffic cooperating, start to “straighten” my route by removing a few intermediate waypoints. Still, when the unexpected happens (equipment issues, weather, etc.) being on airways helps simplify at least a portion of the instrument pilot’s workload.

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