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The beauty of pollination - YouTube - 0 views

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    "We are all dependent to each other. Taken from Louie Schwartzberg TED talk."
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Joe Smiths Friday Noon Demo with the 3D Hobby Shop 104" AJ Slick --Joe Nall 2011 - YouTube - 1 views

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    It may be just a radio controlled model but it is a display of some great flying.
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Crosswind Landings during a storm at Düsseldorf B777,767,757 A330 Sturm Andre... - 1 views

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    many examples of professional pilots landing big aircraft in strong crosswinds
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Aerospace education/Gender differences - WikiEducator - 2 views

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    "Developing excellence in women pilots necessitates studying gender differences in learning to fly. Once flight instructors become aware of these differences, they are better able to minimize women's weaknesses and build their strengths. "
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Approach and Landing - 0 views

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    An excellent discussion of approaches and landings
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HARRISON FORD: Just Another Pilot - YouTube - 0 views

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    "Harrison Ford shares his love of aviation, flying his DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver, his Bell 408 Helicopter, or several of his other airplanes. He shares some insight on the difficulties of filming Six Days, Seven Nights, and his desire and challenge in actually being the pilot in command for the flying scenes. "
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Learn to Fly | Flying Magazine - 0 views

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    Articles related to learning to fly and teaching flying
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Video Training Tip | King Schools - 0 views

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    "This month´s video tip: Tips for Good Landings Martha gives you helpful hints on using a sight picture, power setting, and aiming point for a good landing every time."
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AOPA Aviation Summit: AOPA flight training scholarship winners announced - 0 views

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    "Recognizing that the cost of learning to fly can pose a significant barrier for some student pilots, AOPA earlier this year established two $5,000 flight training scholarships-the AOPA Flight Training Scholarship and the Erral Lea Plymate Memorial Scholarship. In addition, Aviation Supplies & Academics (ASA) and Jeppesen-two of the world's leading providers of flight training materials-approached AOPA to provide scholarship funds as well. To qualify, applicants had to hold a student pilot certificate but not yet a pilot certificate, complete an online application, and receive two recommendations."
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iPad Apps | MyGoFlight - 0 views

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    Pilots find that the iPad is a great tool for aviation - light weight, easy to use, easy to bring computing device. apps into categories - pre-flight, in-flight, and post-flight. Within each category, we defined the capabilities that an app in that category might have.
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Flyvie | Flyvie Lite Recorder - 1 views

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    "Flyvie, manufacturer of flight recorders and debriefing systems, has the developed an iPhone app that records your flight, including video, audio, GPS, compass and accelerometer. Download flights into our Flyvie Lite Viewer and play back the flight recording over a Google Earth background. Use it for your flight training, flight refreshers, solo flights or for sharing your cross country experiences."
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Turns Around A Point - 0 views

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    On a windy day like today what better excuse than to teach turns around a point. Ground reference maneuvers commonly get taught at the very beginning of a students training just to be neglected later on as an "elementary" flight maneuver. However that is so far from the truth! If students really learned how to compensate for wind using varying bank angles they would fly better traffic patterns and improve all aspects of their flying
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Renton event introduces 170 girls, women to flight - 0 views

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    Pilots at Renton Municipal Airport in Washington state took 170 women and girls on introductory flights Dec. 5, and the airport is now recognized by the Centennial of Licensed Women Pilots for introducing the most girls and women to flying in one day.
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Flight Exploration Summer Programs, Prescott , Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - 0 views

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    first real flight experience in this extensive introduction to the aviation industry. Participants receive ground training in our campus facilities, fly in our new C-172 Simulator, and pilot a C-172S aircraft. All flight training is conducted by certified university flight instructors. Participants in this program must be U.S. citizens ages 14-18.
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Franklin Airshow Video 2010 - 0 views

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    Franklin Airshow Video 2010 Kyle Franklin, and his wife Amanda, performing at airshows across the country. "Pirated Skies" Wingwalking, Comedy, and more. Check out more information at www.franklinairshow.com
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Aircraft Engine Failure IMC - 0 views

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    NVAA - Engine failure experience in IMC. This is the communications recording between the pilot of a Lancair Legacy N913MP and a Seattle Center controller. The Lancair experienced engine failure while on a flight from Redmond, OR to Boise, ID. Icing, engine failure complicates things. This is how it should be done! Two people VERY composed during the whole emergency. Enjoy the excitement!
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'Flight of Passage': Dos and don'ts - 0 views

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    Rinker Buck's Flight of Passage. It's an engrossing story of two brothers who flew a refurbished Piper Cub from New Jersey to California in the summer of 1964.
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'Fly it forward' challenge promotes women pilot centennial - 0 views

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    Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to earn a pilot certificate on March 8, 1910. Goyer launched the events in 2010 to celebrate the centennial and to encourage more women to become pilots by introducing a record number of nonpilot girls and women to flying during the year.
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Top of the Earth - Dick Rutan - 0 views

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    by Dick Rutan - "Hey Dick - how would you like to go to the North Pole?" Wow. What a welcome invitation! One place I had never been was the top of the world.
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