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September, 2007 Volume 1, Issue 1 |
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Welcome
Welcome to Reach for the Sky, a monthly
e-newsletter developed by EAA expressly for
individuals like you who have an interest in
learning to fly. Reach
for the Sky will focus on addressing
your questions, identifying and explaining your fears
and apprehensions, discussing flight-training
experiences and challenges, and providing
learning tips for prospective and new student
pilots. It will also include your comments and questions, and
the challenges you have experienced
while searching for a flight school and learning
to fly. You'll also be able to share your flight-training
experiences with us so that we can share them
with others. Read
more
 Learning
to fly in a Piper Cub
By
Jim Busha
Much has
been written about the12 seconds on December 17,
1903, that forever changed the world. At the
windswept sand dunes of Kitty Hawk, North
Carolina, a little known conversation took place
between two brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright,
when their Flyer landed for the first
time. The passage was believed lost in time,
until today. Aviation archeologists recently
unearthed the lost dialogue between the
brothers. It has been transcribed from
scribbled, handwritten notes and preserved for
future generations. Here, for the very first
time, is the historic conversation between the
two intrepid aviators.
Read
more
Where
to start
How
to find a flight school or flight instructor
By Steve Krog
You’ve
made the decision that you want to learn to fly,
but now what? You’re unsure of what next to
do. Locate a flight school? Find a flight
instructor? Sport pilot rating? What airplane(s)
do I want to fly? How much will it cost? How
often am I able to fly? So many questions. Where
can I go for answers? These
are all good questions, and all need to be
answered to your satisfaction and understanding
before making the commitment to begin flight
lessons. Read
more
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A Personal
View - The Armchair Pilot |
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A
sky made of words
By David Hipschman
It’s mid-September and where I live in central
Wisconsin, about an hour’s drive west of
Oshkosh, I’m thinking about winter. We’ve
already had hard frost. Weekends involve “The
Winter Is Coming Checklist” (get furnace
filters, check anti-freeze in all the vehicles;
ask kids who took my good gloves) and the joy of
firewood stacking. At the airport, after a
recent flight for pancakes at an EAA chapter’s
breakfast, I winterized my unheated hangar by
taking home things that will freeze. I’ve
installed the oil-cooler winterization plate on
my Cherokee, and stashed my survival pack and
sleeping bag in the back seat. The breaker bar I
use to crack the ice that will soon collect
along the base of the hangar door is ready,
leaning in the corner, next to the snow shovel
and a sack of urea fertilizer that will melt ice
without harming aluminum. The days are shorter
and getting more so. But flying has gotten
better as temperatures drop, replacing the
tumult of autumnal thunderstorms with a more
stable and still ocean of air. Soon, in winter’s
grip of ice and snow, lowered ceilings and gray,
the good days for flying hereabout will be fewer
and separated more widely by time grounded by
weather. It is then that I fly only in my mind,
from my chair by the fire, in a sky made of
words. Here is a small, personal selection from
my bookshelf that has helped me over the years
get past the days when only the ducks - and
professionals - are aloft.
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| Aviation
glossary
airspeed indicator
- An instrument or
device that measures the airspeed of an aircraft
through an air mass but not its groundspeed.
FBO (Fixed Base Operator)
- An
airport-based business that parks, services,
fuels, and may repair aircraft; often rents
aircraft and provides flight training. The term
was coined to differentiate FBOs from businesses
or individuals without an established place of
business on the airport.
general aviation -
The 92 percent of
U.S. aircraft and more than 65 percent of U.S.
flight hours flown by other than major and
regional airlines or the military. Often
misunderstood as only small, propeller-driven
aircraft. Even a large jet or cargo plane operated
under certain federal rules can be a general
aviation aircraft.
More
glossary words >>
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month's poll
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A moment to
join, a lifetime to fly
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 If
you’re preparing to become a pilot, the EAA
community is here for you. Membership gives you
access to the collective passion, knowledge,
experience, and support of 170,000 members
worldwide. You'll get to participate in EAA
events, connect with fellow members, and have
access to the tools and resources to get you
airborne. Join the fun by visiting www.eaa.org/memberbenefits
today.
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Reach for the Sky - EAA's Guide to Learning
to Fly and Light-Sport Aircraft
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 EAA’s
guide to learning to fly and light-sport aircraft
is a resource to help anyone take the first
steps toward becoming a pilot. Whether you want to
have fun in a powered parachute or one day want to
command a Mars mission, Reach for the Sky is a
great place to start. It is
available
as a PDF
that will take a few minutes to download with a
high-speed connection.
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