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Air Medical Helicopter Pilot Career -
Richard Manley (216)    Helicopter pilots have many different types of employment opportunities available to them. Helicopters around the world are used for a wide variety of jobs including law enforcement, tours, off shore oil and gas support, air medical transport and many more. EMS (emergency medical services)... ( added 121 days 14 hours ago.) |
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Tips on Learning to Hover a Helicopter -
Richard Manley (216) If you are thinking of learning to fly a helicopter, it is probably one of the most exciting and rewarding challenges you will face. Some people have compared flying a helicopter to rubbing your stomach and patting your head at the same time. If only it were that easy! When I first began... ( added 159 days 8 hours ago.) |
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My Worst Flight Was My Best Lesson -
 - Wayne Arbon (17)    Wayne Arbon  My worst flight was my best lesson and may one day save my life. More importantly, it may just have saved the lives of my future passengers. Learning to control an aircraft is easy: pull back to go up, push forward to go down, turn left to go left, turn right to go right. Learning to fly... ( added 217 days 1 hour ago.) |
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Secret #1: A pilot's best friend -
Wayne Arbon (17) Wayne Arbon Have you ever wanted to know the secret to a smooth, easy flight? If you are forever wrestling with the controls and you have aching arms when you land, you are not using the pilot's best friend - the trim wheel. Trimming the controls allow a pilot to balance the lift and drag being... ( added 1 year 18 days ago.) |
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5 Tips For Better Flying -
Wayne Arbon (17) Wayne Arbon 1. Preparation Preparation is the key to anything and this is especially important in flying. Proper planning on the ground will make for a smooth, safe and enjoyable flight. Plan each flight carefully. Use the latest weather reports and make provision for diversions if the weather... ( added 1 year 24 days ago.) |
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9½ Steps to Improve Your Flying -
Matt Tanner (355) There are many things that you can do when you fly to make yourself a safer and better pilot. Too many pilots get careless and stop doing fundamental things that could save their lives. Here are some simple things that you can do to improve your flying. 1. Use your rudder pedals. It seems... ( added 2 years 91 days ago.) |
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Check For FOD Before You Fly -
Matt Tanner (355) Before you fly, you want to make sure that you check inside the airplane and outside on the ground for "FOD." What is FOD? It is Foreign Object Debris. It is anything that does not belong where it is. For instance, sticks or rocks on the ramp around the airplane are... ( added 2 years 166 days ago.) |
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Think Safety on Your First Helicopter Flight. -
Richard Manley (216) Flying in a helicopter for the first time can be a very enjoyable and exciting experience. Before you fly you need to be aware of the dangers of being around one of these aircraft. It is important that all flights begin with a thorough safety briefing so that you have a full understanding of what... ( added 160 days 15 hours ago.) |
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Safely Secure Airport Grounds: Novel Approach To Foil Ground Incursions -
Tony Jackson (89) Proactively securing airport grounds requires strategic planning at the highest levels and access to critical information that serves to enhance safety measures for ground support crews. Without appropriate planning, implementation, and follow-through to ensure that a plan is producing the... ( added 345 days 16 hours ago.) |
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Airport Grounds Safety Technology since 9/11 - Return-On-Investment (ROI) -
Tony Jackson (89) Built-in loss prevention strategies and technology reviews that delivers ROI "Proactive Technology Planning for the Unanticipated Growth Curve" While airports cannot plan for every event that influences successful airport ground operations, implementing proactive incident prevention... ( added 345 days 16 hours ago.) |
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Danger In Our Mist: Airport Grounds…Disaster Waiting To Happen -
Tony Jackson (89) Flight delays recently at major metropolitan airports presented an opportunity to observe airport ground activity. What is occurring is chilling and downright astonishing “to the point of utter disbelief." The hidden dangers and gaps in ground safety are unmistakable. Federal Aviation... ( added 356 days 17 hours ago.) |
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JFK Airport from a Passenger Point of View -
Jessica Lindell (9) As I got off the plane I started coughing. The Delta flight attendant from my flight offered me a water to have with me as we waited for our next flight. After we passed through customs, needing for some reason to pass though metal detectors again, they made me dispose of the water. We were then... ( added 1 year 142 days ago.) |
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Future Of Aircrafts,future of Air carriers, future of Aviation: Six Quests To Transformation Of Flying Machines -
Naveen Kumar (1,747)  Imagine the Wright Brothers having a chance of being reincarnated in the 21st century. They would be quite astounded at seeing their wiry miniature craft " Kitty Hawk " transforming to big flying machines clouting the present skylines. The twin brother’s might be left staggering after spin... ( added 2 years 329 days ago.) |
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History of Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne -
Anthony Reynolds (12) The SpaceShipOne was designed by Burt Rutan, an aviation legend. His research team at the Scaled Composites aerospace company built it and it was Paul G. Allen who funded it. Mike Melvill piloted the Spaceship One to an altitude of 100 kilometers (62 miles). The Spaceship One has reached a... ( added 309 days 2 hours ago.) |
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