The 1st 400′ of this runway is rough. We are now encouraging and teaching not soft field technique, but rough field takeoff to avoid damage to the front strut, seals, scissors, and collars of the landing gear. We have been also encouraging that a ‘full stall’ landing to achieve the same results on the airframe [...]

Thunderstorms, maybe hurricanes (hope not), haze, high density altitude, carburetor ice, radiation fog , poor performance and high engine oil temperatures all encompass our next four months of flying here in the southeast. Know how to get a great weather brief, know how to use flight service, flight watch and radar for those ‘pop up’ [...]

After 14 months of being disabled, N5144L our 152 is back in the air. After a terrible landing, repairs have been completed by Airwise Aviation and yahoo, we have our 3rd 152 available for training and rental. Our 172 has just completed some structural repairs that showed up on an annual inspection. An accident that [...]

Stalling and slowflight are an integral part of your assessment. You must not spin the aircraft and understand the use of rudder during this phase of flight. If you yaw too much, rudder will fix the problem rather then trying to use aileron. Know your aerodynamics! Judgment and decision making is also assessed. If your [...]

Want to see how user fees could affect U.S. general aviation? Just cross the pond. Read and watch these articles from AOPA to see what could happen in the US if the Bush Administration gets its way.
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I recently had a bad experience within C airspace locally. We have 3 within our area. RDU, GSO and FAY. I was doing touch and goes, was cleared to land by the tower. Had four jets waiting for departure and a Cessna 182. I was cleared to land post departure of the 182. Cleared to [...]