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Sky Blog: November 2012
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By Sue Ballew - Certified Flight Instructor. The Best of Sky Blog. Wednesday, November 28, 2012. First Solo - Jayne! Congratulations to Jayne who soloed on November 26, 2012. Jayne was flying a C172 last year, and after a break to go traveling and buy a mountain chalet, she decided to switch to the C162 Skycatcher and fulfil her dream. Links to this post. Sunday, November 25, 2012. First Solo - Robert! Congratulations to Robert who soloed on November 7, 2012! Links to this post. Private Pilot - Amanda.
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SCV99s Women Flight Instructors San Francisco Bay Area CFIs
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99s Forms and Documents. In the San Francisco Bay Area. These CFIs can help you learn to fly at Bay Area airports and are members of the Ninety-Nines. Gold Seal Flight Instructor. Professional Woman Pilot of the Year 2012 - Southwest Section Ninety-Nines, Inc. CFI of the Year 2012 - West Valley Flying Club. Debby doesn't instruct full-time but will help sister 99s with their flight training needs. 69;mail Debby. If you like more info, please email:. 1996 - 2016 Santa Clara Valley Chapter Ninety-Nines.
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Sky Blog: Learn to Fly
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By Sue Ballew - Certified Flight Instructor. The Best of Sky Blog. The Top 6 Reasons People Want to Learn To Fly. 8226; TO FLY LIKE A BIRD:. Most every pilot I know grew up dreaming of flying like a bird up in the sky, through the clouds and trees, or flying like Superman. Flying can be the adventure of a lifetime! You can develop a skill few others ever will. Learning to fly is a challenge and flying an airplane can meet that desire and provide a great sense of accomplishment. 8226; THE VIEW:. Subscribe...
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Sky Blog: September 2012
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By Sue Ballew - Certified Flight Instructor. The Best of Sky Blog. Saturday, September 15, 2012. WOW pioneers strike gold in Columbia! WOW (Women of West Valley Flying Club) would have made quite an entrance had we arrived into Columbia by plane as prospectors 160 years ago. Instead, the date was Thursday September 12th 2012 and we had the benefits of aerodynamic engineering and norcal to guide us. Arrival at Columbia Airport (O22). Lunch at the Saloon. Written by Jayne Pearce/edited by Sue Ballew).
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Sky Blog: September 2013
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By Sue Ballew - Certified Flight Instructor. The Best of Sky Blog. Wednesday, September 11, 2013. Giant Concrete Arrows That. Point Your Way Across America. Every so often, usually in the vast deserts of the American Southwest,. A hiker or a backpacker will run across something puzzling:. A large concrete arrow, as much as seventy feet in length,. Sitting in the middle of scrub-covered nowhere. Read more. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Learning to Fly and Staying Current.
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Sky Blog: Giant Concrete Arrows
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By Sue Ballew - Certified Flight Instructor. The Best of Sky Blog. Wednesday, September 11, 2013. Giant Concrete Arrows That. Point Your Way Across America. Every so often, usually in the vast deserts of the American Southwest,. A hiker or a backpacker will run across something puzzling:. A large concrete arrow, as much as seventy feet in length,. Sitting in the middle of scrub-covered nowhere. Read more. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Learning to Fly and Staying Current. View my complete profile.
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Sky Blog: Nadezhda Popova, WWII ‘Night Witch,’ Dies at 91
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By Sue Ballew - Certified Flight Instructor. The Best of Sky Blog. Monday, August 5, 2013. Nadezhda Popova, WWII ‘Night Witch,’ Dies at 91. The Nazis called them “Night Witches” because the whooshing noise their plywood and canvas airplanes made reminded the Germans of the sound of a witch’s broomstick. These young heroines, all volunteers and most in their teens and early 20s, became legends of World War II. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Learning to Fly and Staying Current. View my complete profile.
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Sky Blog: Aviation Safety/News
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By Sue Ballew - Certified Flight Instructor. The Best of Sky Blog. Line Up and Wait. The new "Line up and Wait". LUAW) phraseology became effective replacing "taxi into position and hold" (TIPH) September 30, and was a long time coming. The NTSB made recommendations 10 years ago based on runway incursion studies. The first week into it, all of the controllers were practicing any chance they could by issuing everyone "Line up and Wait" instructions, rather than just "cleared for takeoff". I am an experien...
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Sky Blog: October 2012
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By Sue Ballew - Certified Flight Instructor. The Best of Sky Blog. Saturday, October 13, 2012. This is a great example of the new maneuver in the PTS for private pilots, the "Emergency Descent". Fire and water: Pilot, passenger rescued after ditching Baron. October 10, 2012. Theodore Wright (far right) and Raymond Fosdick (second from right) exit an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, Sept. 20. U.S Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Tippets. It took about two ...