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Articles Tagged ‘Safety’

Product Review: Comm1 VFR Radio Simulator Software

Category: Communications, Feature, Product Reviews

A complete and very in-depth look at the Comm1 VFR radio simulator. This tool is designed to teach and reinforce your radio communications skills while flying under VFR conditions. It’s not a CD or DVD, but rather software you install on your computer and actually interact with in the same way you would with controllers when you’re flying. This is designed to be used with a headset and boom mic.



It’s a CHECKlist, Not a DO-list.

Category: Feature, Safety

Many pilots will use a checklist as a set of instructions, carefully going through each step one at a time before moving on to the next one. This may seem like it would be the most thorough procedure, but it’s extremely easy to accidentally skip an item and never realize it.



Low Wing “Feels” Better to Me

Category: General Aviation

I don’t know if there is any scientific backing for my “feeling”, but I do “feel” better when I’m flying ON the wings than under the wings. I know, it’s dumb, but I’ve felt this way for a while and I found out I’m not the only one who “feels” this way.
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