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"We are all dependent to each other. Taken from Louie Schwartzberg TED talk."

It may be just a radio controlled model but it is a display of some great flying.

many examples of professional pilots landing big aircraft in strong crosswinds

"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. "

An excellent discussion of approaches and landings

"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. "

Articles related to learning to fly and teaching flying

"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."

"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."

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.

"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."

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

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.

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.

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

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!

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.

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.

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.