Student Pilot Training Podcast

This episode falls under the category of Radio Operations.

Follow me along my radio calls during a long navigation that takes me through all manner of airspace, including:

• GAAP
• CTAF
• CTAF (R)
• Class C
• Class D
• Military Lanes
• Restricted Zones
• SARTime

Flown Lately?
Geoff.

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This episode falls under the category of emergencies and covers:

• Fire
• Engine Starting
• Taxiing
• Take off/Landing
• Birdstrike
• System/Electrical Failures

Line up,
Geoff.

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This episode falls under the category of general knowledge and covers:

• Competition Winner!
• Trading an Adventure
• Certificate of Airworthiness
• Maintenance Release
• Minimum/Mandatory Equipment List
• Loading

Tailwinds,
Geoff.

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This episode features SPT podcast news and goes over some of the more common training milestones.

It covers:

• Listener Milestones
• SPT Guessing competition (Your chance to win a scenic flight!)
• My current training
• Mic Fright
• First Solo
• Stalls
• Stalling Myths
• Spins
• Restricted License
• Cross Country Solo

Can you guess the big news?
Geoff.

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A podcast update

A quick message about the podcast and my holiday.

Best wishes,
Geoff.

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This episode falls under the the category of navigation and covers:

• Basic principles
• Great circles
• True direction
• Magnetic variation
• Relative Bearings
• Longitude/Latitude
• The nautical mile
• The triangle of velocities
• Altimetry

Inbound,
Geoff.

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This episode falls under the the category of general knowledge and covers radio procedures.

We go over:

• More radio phraseology
• Clarity of transmissions
• Expressing time
• Class G transmission types
• Radio operations in the vicinity of Class G airfields
• Radio procedures for non-towered airfields
• Discretionary broadcasts
• Unicom
• Enroute radio procedures
• Acquiring weather in-flight
• Notarizing ATIS in-flight
• Radio procedures for GAAP airfields (with live examples)
• Radio procedures for Class C airports

See the blog for the ATIS in-flight note example.

Ready runway 11 right,
Geoff.

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This episode falls under the the category of operation and performance and covers ALA’s and take-off/landing performance.

We go over:

• Basic regulations of licensed aerodromes
• ALA definitions
• Splay/Obstacle clearance requirements
• Suitability of a take-off/landing area
• Take-off/Landing definitions
• Take-off/Landing performance
• Factors affecting take-off/landing performance
• Listener email: Simplifying Clouds
• Listener email: PPL minimal aeronautical experience
• Request: Send in flight school information for any school that is willing to provide a discounts to non-pilot listeners to take a TIF!

Links relevant to this episode:

• http://www.podcastalley.com/podcast_details.php?pod_id=17618 :: Vote!

Cleared for touch and go,
Geoff.

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This episode falls under the the category of general knowledge and covers balanced flight, trim, stability and control.

We go over:

• What is balance? stability? control?
• Centre of pressure/centre of gravity and moments
• Stability vs control
• Longitudinal/directional and lateral stability
• Seconday effects of roll and yaw
• Rudder deflection in crosswinds
• Listener email: Conversion training (into other ICAO countries)

Links relevant to this episode:

• http://www.podcastalley.com/podcast_details.php?pod_id=17618 :: Vote for the show

Cleared to land!
Geoff.

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This episode falls under the the category of general knowledge and covers basic instruments/equipment and radio emergency procedures.

We go over:

• Who has control?
• Flight training up to GFPT
• The ’6 pack’
• The Transponder
• ELT’s
• Some aviation terminology, acronyms/abbreviations
• Radio emergency procedures

Links relevant to this episode:

• http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/wrong1.html :: Incorrect Lift Theories – I forgot to add this link in the last episode show notes.
• http://www.atsb.gov.au/
• http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/aviation.htm
• http://www.casa.gov.au/rules/abbrev.htm
• http://www.avweb.com/news/columns/189016-1.html – AVWeb’s emergency checklist article

If you have a training story, feel free to send it in to me.

Cleared for takeoff!
Geoff.

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