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I haven't had a student that I couldn't get into spatial disorientation by closing their eyes while doing some turns and uncoordinated flying. I don't know of a more efficient and reliable way to get someone to experience it. I'm always open to better training methods, so if you have a more...

This is exactly right, they're two different things. Having someone close their eyes is a way to train for either. It's certainly a way to train for upset attitude. If someone is watching while you put them into an upset attitude, recovering ignores the effect of the "element of surprise" on...

It sounds like you don't understand the training. The exercise starts when you open your eyes. Having a student close their eyes is to expedite the process of disorienting them. It's the most expeditious way to simulate a scenario in which the pilot thinks everything is fine, but looks down to...

You don't think it's a good thing to have someone experience spatial disorientation for the first time in a safe environment? Seems pretty obvious that this is why you're becoming so defensive.

What's the difference? The point is to have them experience the sensations. They're practicing getting out of it, not getting into it.

I've only been really disoriented once, and it was well after I had become accustomed to flying on instruments. I always expected that it would come along with a feeling of being off-balance, you know, feeling really "disoriented." It's probably unique to the individual, but for me it wasn't a...

If I'm not flying somewhere I'm really familiar with, I usually take either two devices with charts (to have one as a backup) or one device and paper.

Whether or not the owner legally can, he/she absolutely should be able to, and anyone who isn't welcome on his/her airport should respect that.

Expedite to traffic pattern altitude and enter right traffic for 7, tight pattern and short approach, after verifying with the jump pilot that it would be compatible with the release point.

Some of them are built poorly, especially the plastic ones. If it's not manufactured precisely, it won't give precise answers. One Jepp CR-2 was so bad I threw it away.

Damn, what a hangar. Does he need anyone to put time on that Huey? I volunteer!

For surveillance, the orbit isn't always centered on the POI. It could be miles in any direction.

http://www.commuterair.com/ Related? "Our capabilities include modifications for US and international governments to enable special operations, including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance."

PFX and Bose A20 are the premier headsets at the moment. Comfort is key when it comes to a headset. There are people who swear the A20 is more comfortable, and those that swear by the PFX. Both groups are correct, as comfort depends on the person. The PFX has some really advanced features. If...

You're being unreasonable. Nearly all potential students appreciate the information and aren't fragile enough to be offended by someone trying to help them make a good decision.

I'm sorry, but you're absolutely wrong about this.

There's one primary advantage to Sport Pilot: You don't need to get a medical. All of the other advantages that people cite are negligible or misguided. They're an attempt to justify the usefulness of the rating. Instructors discourage sport pilot because anyone who can easily get a medical...

This isn't correct. The pressure wave is the sound. It's cancelling out both.

I'm quite surprised this isn't in the Spin Zone.

I'm doing a little research on headsets. What I've gathered so far is that ANR can respond well enough to lower frequencies to adequately protect hearing damage from those frequencies. High frequencies, such as those from turbine engine noise, can not be addressed by the ANR and must be...