Author: Michael Tet
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Annotated Run-up
When you “run-up” your engine to check systems before flight, you’ll want to know why you’re checking each line-item. Understanding WHY will help with diagnosing problems and troubleshooting! This guide is intended to remove all ambiguity and ELIMINATE the phrase “as required”, instead, you’ll know WHEN its required. Quick Note: This is based off a…
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VFR Radio Library pt3: Practice Area
While in flight, you’ll be on the radio with either a “practice area” frequency, an ATC in-route When you want to practice maneuvers, listening on the radio for traffic can assist you in see-and-avoid! Some areas have specific air-to-air frequencies (in some alert areas). Other times, there is no frequency published! In this case, the…
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How Do I Study?
Don’t be intimidated by textbooks! In this article, I’ll share with you how you can study effectively in an actionable and measurable way! This is intended for students seeking to improve their study discipline. The analogies will be made to private pilot textbooks, but for the IR student or COM student, the philosophy remains the…