Enjoy listening and learning as you eavesdrop on the Hangar Flying conversation with Certified Flight Instructors!

The CFIcast #9 CFI panel:

• Your host: Rick Durden, CFI, Aviation lawyer and author of "The Pilot's Lounge" column on AvWeb.com and articles for AOPA Pilot and Aviation Safety, from Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Kate Bernard, CFI, from Neenah, WI who just earned her multi-engine CFI rating. Kate is an instructor with Able Flight, a program that grants scholarships for challenged person to obtain Light Sport Pilot certificates
• Dr. Bruce Chien, M.D., CFI, Senior Aviation Medical Examiner from Central Illinois, host of the AMEcast
• Tony Condon, CFI, student and glider pilot & instructor from Ames, Iowa
• Ron Levy, CFI, a Professional Instrument Courses - P.I.C 10 day course instructor from Maryland

 

Topics discussed by CFIcast Certified Flight Instructor panel:

• Teaching flight instruction to challenged student pilots and students who are a challenge to teach.
• Flying airplanes with hand controls
• Should the CFI become familiar with operating with hand controls?
• How hard is it to learn flying with and controls?
• How many hours can it take for an experienced pilot or instructor to re-learn to fly with hand controls?
• Obtaining an airmen's medical certificate for challenged private pilots
• The S.O.D.A. - Statement Of Demonstrated Ability
• The CFI's responsibily in regards to the medical requirements
• The medical with "Limited to student pilot privileges only"
• What the Aviation Medical Examiner has to decide before issuing a certificate
• Scheduling the S.O.D.A. check with an examiner from the local FSDO (Flight District Standards Office) before the pilot checkride
• Some examples of medical issues discussed and how they can dealt with
• Paraplegic and quadroplegic students
• Visually impaired
• Dyslexia
• ADD
• Other learning disabilities
• Sending the student on the Sport Pilot checkride
• What kind of help can the challenged student get?
• Will the FAA want the student demonstrate any special tasks (like escaping the airpla ne) or have specific requiremets?
• How should the CFI evaluate a challenged student?
• A challenged student is much more motivated.
• Should the CFI can try to simulate the disability?
• An active WW II pilot ace who had lost both legs

• Has a CFI ever had a student who the CFI thought should give it up?
• Other issues with flight students
• A student not fluent in English
• A student with poor judgement
• A student who had a way higher opinion of his abilities than his instructors did
• Students who can't meet performance standards and always have excuses.
• How the CFI could avoid such students
• How can the CFI deal with such students

Recorded Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 00:59:54 - 27.5MB

The CFIs and the Pilotcast pilots send sincere thanks to Pilot Will of the Pilot's Flight Podlog for the production of CFIcast #009.

Theme Song: "Learn to Fly" by Josh Woodward Music on the CFIcast is from the Podshow Podsafe Music Network. Check it out at http://music.podshow.com

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Pilotcast Video report #4 from EAA Airventure 2007 in Oshkosh, WI, USA in July of 2007.

 

• The The Devil Dog Squadron
• The Commemorative Air Force.

 

 

Recorded on July 25 2007 - 00:09:40 - 54.8MB

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Join the Hangar Flying with Pilot Dan, Pilot Kent, and Pilot Mike

• The Pilotcast pilots catch you up on what they've been doing.
• Pilot Dan is planning to do his BFR on a Yak
• Pilot Kent is thinking Swift
• Cessna is building the new Skycatcher light sport in China!
• While Airbus is going to build in the U.S
• The Light Sport market?
• Burt Rutan and Sir Richard Branson unveil White Knight 2 and SpaceShip 2

• From Airventure Oshkosh 2007 Pilot Kent talks to Johnny Vermillion in the WW II Devil Dog North American B-25
  • The The Devil Dog Squadron
  • The Commemorative Air Force.

• The FAA has AD deals
• Winter flying
• Make sure you're prepared to survive in the cold.
Make sure you pack some survival gear
• Cellphone
• Extra blankets
• First Aid Kit
• Credit Card
• Personal Locator Beacon
• Handling the winter doldrums
• What to do during the winter when you can't fly
• Getting started in learning to fly.

Recorded Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 01:09:50 - 32.2MB

The Pilotcast pilots send sincere thanks to Pilot Will of the Pilot's Flight Podlog for production of Pilotcast #61.

Pilotcast show notes are at http://www.pilotcast.com

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CFIcast #014 - CFIs on Ice! - Certified Flight Instructor Aviation Podcast - 2008.02.21 Enjoy listening and learning as you eavesdrop on the Hangar Flying conversation with Certified Flight Instructors!

The CFIcast #14 CFI panel:

• Your host: Rick Durden, CFI, Aviation lawyer and author of "The Pilot's Lounge" column on AvWeb.com and articles for AOPA Pilot and Aviation Safety, from Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Special guest CFI Scott Dennstaedt, CFI, a former a NWS Meteorologist, creator of the "Ice is Not Ice" seminar on CD. Scott is an IFR magazine contributing editor, writer for Plane and Pilot, Pilot Journal and Twin and Turbine. FAA-certificated instrument flight instructor with about 3,500+ hours, currently teaching in technically advanced aircraft. Scott helped the Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association develop a pilot proficiency program and helped the Columbia owner's association develop a recurrent training program. Scott also does one-on-one aviation weather training with pilots via WebEx.
• Kate Bernard, CFI, from Neenah, WI who just earned her multi-engine CFI rating.
• Greg Bockelman, CFI. A 777 pilot for a major airline and owner of a Cessna 195.
• Dr. Bruce Chien, M.D., CFI, Senior Aviation Medical Examiner from Central Illinois, host of the AMEcast
• Tony Condon, CFI, student and glider pilot & instructor from Ames, Iowa
• Ron Levy, CFI, a Professional Instrument Courses - P.I.C 10 day course instructor from Maryland

 

Topics discussed by CFIcast Certified Flight Instructor panel:

• Scott Dennstaedt on The Skew-T diagram to predict icing conditions
• Do CFIs teach flight in actual ice?
• Tools to evaluate icing conditions
• Should CFIs give student an exposure to actual ice?
• Should the CFI share a healthy respect and avoid ice with students?
• If the CFI demonstrates an ice encounter is the student likely to think an ice encounter is tolerable on try it on their own?
• If the student gets a scare from ice on a dual session
• Teaching a known ice capable aircraft.
• Appreciating students who do proper preparation.
• Teaching how to evaluate where the ice would be.
• Using weather products tools to find the ice.
• ADDS
• Recognize that the tools only give snapshots.
• The Skew-T diagram
• http://rucsoundings.noaa.gov
• What the CFI's ethical obligation to give students an exposure to ice?
• How do pilots evaluate their own competence?
• Teaching instrument students that they can't always expect to be able to fly.
• Can you teach the discipline and judgment required.
• Teaching the student what to do if they have an ice encounter.
• Can the CFI just brief the student on what to do in an ice encounter without giving an actual experience?<
• Will the simulator work to simulate ice?
• The aircraft's performance in ice is hard to predict. They aren't required to tested in ice.

Recorded Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 01:07:00 - 30.7MB

Theme Song: "Learn to Fly" by Josh Woodward Music on the CFIcast is from the Podshow Podsafe Music Network. Check it out at http://music.podshow.com

Copyright  2008 The Pilotcast

CFIcast #008 - CFIs on Flight reviews, check rides, and IPCs - CFIs on Pilot Examiners - 2007.07.19 Enjoy listening and learning as you eavesdrop on the Hangar Flying conversation with Certified Flight Instructors!

The CFIcast #8 CFI panel:

• Your host: Rick Durden, CFI, Aviation lawyer and author of "The Pilot's Lounge" column on AvWeb.com and articles for AOPA Pilot and Aviation Safety, from Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Tony Condon, CFI, student and glider pilot & instructor from Ames, Iowa
• Ron Levy, CFI, a Professional Instrument Courses - P.I.C 10 day course instructor from Maryland
• Dr. Judy Parrish-Jones, Ph.D., CFI professor of Geological Sciences and former Dean of Sciences at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho

 

Topics discussed by CFIcast Certified Flight Instructor panel:

• CFIs on what to expect on a flight review
• FAA Advisory Circular 61.98A
• How CFIs evaluate a pilot
• Make the review match the kind of flying the pilot does
• Evaluate the pilot's knowledge of new issues on regulations like stadium TFRs
• Ask the pilot what they would like to review
• How long does a flight review take?
• Do a pre-review interview
• Common problem areas that should be covered
• Maintaining control on landing
• Landings and takeoffs on short, narrow, and/or grass fields
• Using too much runway
• Even flying straight and level
• How many flight reviews end in one session?
• How do pilots evaluate their own competence?
• Pilots who try to intimidate the CFI

• The instrument Practical Test Standards
• Ron: The flight review is a training event. The IPC is a check ride.
• Tony: Crank up the stress on the IPC
• Rick: The FAA regulations are only the minimum standards. Should we have tougher standards?
• FAA FAR 61.57 on the Instrument Proficiency Check

• CFIs get to know the DPEs
• Does the CFI talk to DPE before the checkride?
• Pick a DPE that is nearby?
• Should the CFI brief the student on what the DPE asks?
• CFIs sharing DPE evaluations
• DPEs who don't do checkrides "by the book"
• The CFI keeping tabs on the applicant's practical test
• "Maverick" DPEs -Are there active DPEs who should be disciplined?
• Should the CFI be concerned if the DPE doesn't seem to cover everything?

Recorded Thursday, July 19, 2007 - 01:02:13 - 28.5MB

Theme Song: "Learn to Fly" by Josh Woodward Song: "Flying Away" by Empyrion from the State of Washington Music on the CFIcast is from the Podshow Podsafe Music Network. Check it out at http://music.podshow.com

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