Get Primed and Ready
Aircraft Engine Priming When summer weather arrives, modern automotive engine computers make adjustments based on temperature, air volume, and pressure...
07/01/2024
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Improve Airmanship Through Heightened Situational Awareness
There are three questions pilots should never stop asking themselves to improve airmanship through heightened situational awareness. Pilots are often...
04/01/2024
Seafair 2023 TFRs Coming This Week
The Rumble of Jets – the Sounds of Summer – Will Be Heard This Week! It’s the time of year...
08/01/2023
Return of the TAA (Technically Advanced Airplane)
The Cessna C172S, TAA (Technically Advanced Airplane), N513WF, returned to the fleet this summer with a full complement of upgrades....
10/20/2022
Who’s on First
Maintaining Situational Awareness in the Traffic Pattern A famous short video features students playing basketball. You’re told to count how...
04/15/2022
Demystifying Part 141 Training
When you embark upon your lifelong voyage to learn how to fly, you are immediately faced with a decision. Should...
05/27/2021
Trace (Icing) is the Sum of the Elements
The Insidious Nature of Aircraft Icing In the mid 1950’s, a pilot learning to fly in Eastern Washington state seldom...
Briefing IFR Procedures
Updating the briefing process for today’s IFR cockpit environment. Charts for instrument procedures include a lot of information, and IFR...
10/26/2020
What’s Next?
You’ve Earned Your Pilot Certificate, Now What? Two Pacific Northwest Airports That Will Help Sharpen Your Skills By Matthew Mulder...
05/14/2020