Pilot School, instructor Mike Roam (PPL:  ASEL)

short address: https://sites.google.com/view/pilotschool/home (edit fr mgm)  AKA      tinyurl.com/fly-pilot

Handy FAA Books and Manuals...

ps: precise links for latest FAA books: 

• AIM https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/, 

• PHAK https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/phak/, 

• AFH https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/airplane_handbook/, 

• InstProc https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/instrument_procedures_handbook/

Note: the international aviation phonetic alphabet has some funky spelling, at least for "Alfa" and "Juliett":

• Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu.

We will be using X-Plane on iPad. (info). If we have access to desktop computers we will start our flying with X-Plane 11's or X-Plane 12's glider "ASK 21" (<== links to more info)

Interesting ... (Also see interesting videos...)

• Audio: Website liveatc.net has “interesting recordings” including ATC: Prescott tower will call base, c5296h went down on Long Island no injuries (reported in nytimes), and c172 fuel starvation in VA, and c172 student solo gets “slightly” lost, another student lands plane when instructor passes out.

• Movies by Mike & Gary: 

  • The Pattern, 2020 (trailer) https://youtu.be/s1XaZBI3u1o 

  • The Pattern, 2020 (movie)   https://youtu.be/osX4S3DLntI  [Assignment: Let's require pattern w/ precise altitudes for saving on video: take off, climb to 700agl, left 90° turn onto xwind, keep climbing to 1000, 90° turn onto downwind, maintain 1000, start descending with left 90° onto base at 700', left turn onfo final, descend to 50' agl and fly along above the runway!] Extra: Jon of fly8MA youtube teaches pattern and no-tower radio calls at KVNC.

  • Preflight, 2020 (movie) https://youtu.be/Os5waAIREkY

• “How to hold a glide slope, the secret” (https://youtu.be/-a-3xUAelvI) says regular 3° glide slope = 500 f/m @ 90k in Cessna 172. (More speeds & descent rates at http://www.navfltsm.addr.com/gs.htm ) Suggests slowing from cruise to glideslope by pulling power and holding altitude (staying level rather than nosing up) until speed is down to 90k, then nose down for 500f/m. On glide-slope use normal landing technique: pitch-for-speed and power-for-altitude (descent-rate)! (If change one, usually have to change the other.) Keep those gauges where they ought to be. Helps to know the appropriate power setting in advance: for c172 use 1700 rpm.  Note from pilotworkshop commenters: “In my mind, the smarty-pants in the right seat makes sure the scaredy-cat in the left seat stays safe.”

• 2018 “Spitfire” movie! Women fly spitfires at 52:50 (also 1:26:00, Mary signed her old plane). At one hour is the lost flight to Malta island. 1:08:00 is international & poc pilots; 1:23:00 is ethics (war).

• Women in Aviation historical landmarks: https://www.thoughtco.com/

• Check out the new electric airplanes and helicopters 

• Online debate: https://www.quora.com/How-effective-are-video-game-flight-simulators-at-preparing-new-pilots-to-get-their-pilots-license/

• Ideas for 2020 jan 21: RUDDER! take-off, climb in c172 Vx (62kias) Vy (75kias), clear the air-space, slow-flight, steep banked turns with ball centered; hold altitude! Then turns around a point (tower); Note: Vso 40kias, Vs1 48kias.

• Runway picker with random wind and random runways: lots of crosswind!  https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/388563453

• Ideas for 2019 final class Jun 4: file flight plan (icao 7233, see https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/service_units/air_traffic_services/flight_plan_filing/#dfpf ) w/ wx, alts, fuel, chart, heading, frequencies.

• Get clearance KJFK->KLGA in mid-air and follow vectors in. Set wind in advance so that it is crosswind on both runways. (Question for students, what direction runways at LGA? Hint, see https://airnav.com/airport/KLGA .)

• Ideas for Jun 2021: coordinated turns with keyboard rudder, Short-field & Soft-field Take-Off & Landing; short landing contest, review stall. 

• did 2021: stall-spin on base to final; circle the tower with strong crosswind (make scenario), stall (exceed critical angle of attack). “settings:vacuum DG sync to magnetic north.” needs keyboard shortcut (DG can’t be set while paused).

Potentially fun: annual Aviation Design Challenge for high schoolers ( see 2020 winners), and here's instructions from X-Plane about modifying planes. (Also at website of Austin Meyer the creator of X-Plane.)

ACS Aviator/Airman Certification Standards FAA June 2018 ACS 

ACS Things to consider:

• pre-flight walkaround, and engine start sequence

• “wx” (Weather) forecast

• flight planning w.r.t. wx (including vfr minimums), alternates, notams, fuel-needed, places with refill fuel sales, rwy length needed T.D. & T.O., night runway lights, navigation landmarks & headings & freqs, comms including route freqs & flight following & ATC.

• Charts telling us airspace & hazards & landmarks

• Oxygen

• I’m Safe (Ill, Medicated, Stress, Alcohol, Fatigue, Emotion)

Note: illustrated explanations of dangers of stall-spin during uncoordinated turn (e.g. base to final): https://www.boldmethod.com/learn-to-fly/aerodynamics/slip-skid-stall/

• See our X-plane scenarios (loaded into sacc x-planes)! 

• Might be fun to try the KSP planes, but their physics aren't nearly as accurate as X-Plane.

• Send solberg n51 info to all (https://airnav.com/airport/n51  , Readington, NJ 08870, 908-534-4000 )

• Wake Turbulence! See  faa AIM re wake turbulence and show the AN2 wake https://youtu.be/KXlv16ETueU  and flightchops Toronto wake turbulence video: https://youtu.be/BuGFIXxkyLU and and and UND “Wake Turbulence Avoidance” https://youtu.be/xFhD2W1UeLo lesson and 6:00-onward of http://youtu.be/sjifp5oi6dE (fear friend with prop blast visible on water)

• Turns around a point, S turns, … extra credit: with serious crosswind! Probably, but in the meantime for more consistent co-plane let’s use the built-in special start formation flight. Also let’s watch the YouTube video of the two dropzone planes colliding with everyone surviving (they were flying in close formation).

• Website planefinder.net shows ton of airplanes, including GA, using ads-b.

• Website windy.com shows world-wide wind at various altitudes.

• https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N9908G shows recent Gary Roam flights in N9908G Cessna A150 Aerobat.

• See real world VFR fr pilot workshop!

• NYC SFRA (special flight rules area) & TAC (Terminal Area Chart) are discussed in Real World VFR 510 briefing re Monmouth to Teterboro up Hudson river. Also, online training for SFRA at www.FAASafety.gov has lesson about SFRA at https://www.faasafety.gov/gslac/ALC/course_content.aspx?cID=79&sID=387&searchresults=true&preview=true which spells out that “appropriate CTAF” for the “Hudson River Exclusion” (zone below the B, 1300 to sfc) is 123.05 (the JRA (West 30th St) helipad’s freq), while approp CTAF for the “East River Exclusion” is 123.075 (the 6N5 (East 34th street) heliport’s freq).

• Terminology in Real World VFR 510 & 511: “CFR” code of Fed Regs; “CTAF” common traffic advisory freq; “CRM” Crew Resource Mgmt; “GA” General Aviation; “REACT” (Rpm, Eng gauge, Airspeed, Ctrline, T.o. abort pt); “SFRA” Special Flight Rules Area; “TAC” terminal area  chart; 

• Let’s stall/crash on approach, to see how fast it happens.

• Cirrus was missing aileron control connector & its bolt: crashed during takeoff, inadequate preflight inspection! Also see story about pilot with 4 passengers: takes off with full-left rudder trim, no one survives the crash immediately after takeoff.

• Isaiah Cooper, youngest African American to fLy across USA (https://youtu.be/pAMY7cgyEbA at 20 seconds see N79198! There's less interesting video at: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbcblk28-2017/nbcblk28-above-beyond-isaiah-cooper-youngest-black-pilot-fly-across-n714701)

• Lukla airport in high Nepal appears out of the clouds at 9:30 in approach video: https://youtu.be/1xDdJAFgOb8

• Boeing 737 Max: overview short vid:  https://apple.news/ABQ_xs9GPSlKEEq47oBIbFg. A quoran says inherently unstable and not airworthy ( https://qr.ae/TW1QXd ). Note elevator vs stabilizer trim! Here’s Boeing’s announcement of improved MCAS: http://www.boeing.com/commercial/737max/737-max-software-updates.page and here’s a how-to-turn-off https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xixM_cwSLcQ (23 minutes, starts after ad up to 1:30, see dog thought bubble at 4:08, simulator re-eneactment at 17:00, ad at 20:30, dog returns 22:08) 

• Discuss 737 max 8 & 9 (how to control its MCAS: https://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/boeing-737-max-mcas-explained?Issue=AW-05_20190320_AW-05_537&NL=AW-05&cl=article_2&elq2=e7b8418b8d694edc9801d8a7de1f1e82&sfvc4enews=42&utm_campaign=18874&utm_medium=email&utm_rid=CPEN1000001197915

• https://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/boeing-737-max-mcas-explained

• Show memory items on my A150 checklist!

• (Oops: not avail in x-plane mobile) creat custom waypoints for g530 using long/lat of homes, converted to D M.xx (D, M+S/60) (pg 26 of pwkshp g430 book, pg 24 of pe’s g530 book) rather than gps D.xx (D + M/60 + s/3600)

• How to put hoops in the sky in x-plane, perhaps over key parts of traffic pattern, or over house?

• Re-see (missed a lot) enjoyed 2018 oct 17 webinar “turning fledglings into fliers” http://www.mentorlive.site/program/14.html incredibly experienced instructors Susan Parson and Paul Preidecker. AFI has instructional videos on third wed of each month, see https://www.nafinet.org/mentorlive

• ...inspires me to ask students to describe their thought process (“I’m low so I’ll turn sooner and add power...”)

• Taxi lights: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/runwaysafetyflashcard/index.php#/85

• Get KSEA & KFJK airport diagrams free from https://www.aopa.org/destinations/

• Mac and ios app “SimplePlanes” lets you design your own planes: beware center of balance, try canards, self stabilize, g force strength, etc? (Have multi mac license already I think.)

• Radio calls 101 (at KVNC Venice! maybe get some from ( ) pilotworkshop book

• Radio calls, howToDo:   , howToInterpret (with animated map): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7aCUL73DSw  (<== has long pause at 2:00 for real-time, very scary at 5 minutes, scary at 14:00, at 15;45 what??, 16:20 scary-ish, 17:30 scary are two planes turning crosswind?

• Anybody could run ship up the East River, but do you know what to do if things go wrong?? 

• Fly along runway

• Fly left pattern

• Pre-flight checklist, runup, mags NEEDS REVIEW

• Taxi: rudder, x-wind, radio

• R.E.A.C.T. NEEDS REVIEW

• Tuning Radios for Comms. NEEDS NAV, & REVIEW

• See gateway.x-plane.com for info about submitting custom 3D airports (and landmarks?? e.g. 304 Emerald Hills Drive? Kyviskes DZ? Ranch DZ?

• 9 Jan: did xc KSEA->KBFI w/ 800’ ceiling, gps, react, chart obstacles & freqs.

• 16 Jan: did ils/vor night landings on carriers 

• Review ILS/VOR inc triangulation 

• Learn cross-wind!

• See “Sully” movie with class!

• Video: student w/o wheel: teen Maggie lands 2 wheel plane, KBVY beverly, North of Boston https://youtu.be/22K4WTNkeOY and here’s the atc: https://youtu.be/B229-KLudT (need to know about patterns and flaps) also video (fr RT, yuck) of similar plane landing w/o one wheel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAzEDhF_N4s 

• Another student missing a wheel https://youtu.be/gstvakCv170

• Homework 2019 Feb 20: please watch the ERAU (Embry Riddle Aeronautical University) video about regular and crosswind landings: https://youtu.be/DxbcyBjFiSg

• Also, check out UND (U. Of N.Dakota flight school) video about crosswind landings: https://youtu.be/mj5w6UEW7eM

• Video ()seaplane ldg/to E.River; 

• “Lift = liftCoefficientCI * airDensityR * (0.5 * velocityV²) * wingAreaA”  note: liftCoefficientCI is controlled by angleOfAttack (and isn’t this in Kirschner, early on?)

• Learn v speeds & instruments for jet liners!

• Mixture (restart: G.A.S.), fire, 

• Ground Effect, 

• [ ]Trim/fly level, turn, climb, descend, fly formation, goAround, crosswind, slip

• Slowflight, stalls, and spin!

• Radio frequency ops in c172

• [ ]Time in pattern (approx 4 minutes total, c172), 

• Impossible turn! (Try it in sim, holding nose up for a few secs after losing power)

• My saved youtube “aviation ..?” Aviation crash landings many with gear up.

• Capt. Tammie Jo Shults in Southwest Airlines flight380 with blown engine 17 apr 2018. [let’s also look at poc pilots]

• teen Maggie lands 2 wheel plane, KBVY beverly, North of Boston https://youtu.be/22K4WTNkeOY and here’s the atc: https://youtu.be/B229-KLudT (need to know about patterns and flaps) also video (fr RT, yuck) of similar plane landing w/o one wheel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAzEDhF_N4s 

• https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-explain-how-airplanes-fly-to-a-high-schooler good answers include $, bernoulli + newton, lift/gravity/thrust/drag ... reminds me of bicycle dynamic balance.

• Richard Russell summer 2018 steals airplane at ksea (seatac), barrell rolls it, crashes. https://youtu.be/xD5sFrTGFnw. More re personality : https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/08/12/richard-russell-details-emerge-of-a-warm-man-after-seattle-plane-heist-and-fiery-crash/

• LM-100J (C130 Hercules) acrobatics show.

• Old standard quotes: (more at https://airfactsjournal.com/2016/08/stayin-alive-16-favorite-aviation-quotes/

• CLASSICS

• Aviate, Navigate, Communicate

• Old, Bold but no old bold

• Good landing=walk away; excellent landing=can re-use the plane.

• FUNNY

• airplane is 10,000 parts flying in close formation.

• Discuss parasail, re dynamic launch, like hang glider! 

• Bring fan & cardboard to try some aeronautical physics, angle of attack! (bernoulli + newton)

• liftForce = airDensity * liftCoefficient * 0.5 * (Speed^2) * wingArea. Note:— liftCoefficient = 2* (22/7) * AngleOfAttackInRadians

• Side animation of angle of attack, stall, recover; with bright/dark lift/drag. Note: steeper bank requires more lift so need more power or more angle of attack!  <== uh-oh, perhaps consider how the tail holds the nose up, except in case of tail stall (sometimes from icing) which has to fought by using stick back! 

• Fundamental reading: FAA’s “Pilot Handbook” (url: ) and “Airplane Flying Hand book”  (url: )

• Self-stabilizing re airworthiness certification.

• Need critical path of knowing, like civiv

• Want to tell about seeing plane crash at laurel

• Realizing late how much dad and mom had to learn to get pilot licenses!

• 🎵🎶🛫🚀maybe “off we go, into the wild blue yonder”

• Show video Bob Hoover pouring water during roll https://youtu.be/V9pvG_ZSnCc

• Move my bookmarked videos into school site! solicit suggestions (“I believe I can fly” and Tom Petty “Learning to Fly” probably in youtube) 

• High flight poem by Gillispie? get! (slip the surly bonds...

• Have to have confidence to fly. FAA Safety Video sep 2018 mentions important pilot personality traits: skilled, competent, adaptable, accommodating, rises to the occasion, mission oriented (git ‘er done).

• Bring kneeboard, flashlight, headset, ipad clip, charts, etc to class!

Search USA airplane accidents NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/index.aspx

and see safety suggestions from anonymous contributors at ASRS (https://asrs.arc.nasa.gov) e.g. kinda “learned from that mistake!” at “What was I thinking?” at https://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/publications/callback/cb_460.html

https://www.skygod.com/quotes/

• https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p06tmhm7/the-surprising-benefit-of-flying-a-virtual-war-plane

machado’s 5 steps for teaching 

https://youtu.be/17ICl989dXA and www.becomeapilot.com

1. Identify the big picture.

2. Define objectives in behavioral terms (“eg press right rudder until nose swings right”)

3. Simulate Experience (show, not just tell: e.g.

4. Identify the clues you use! (e.g. looking over nose in landing until nose obscures runway and then looking left forward.)

5. Critique the behavior, not the student! (Students have feelings. Don’t say “You should....” but instead say “Today’s conditions require more wind correction.”)

• Pre-test, perhaps those pre-solo written. (name all the instruments, emergency procedures, radio calls, aerodynamics, vor, ball park glide rate, V speeds, names of pattern legs,  phonetic alphabet (spell your name), dew point vs clouds, read charts, classes of airspace, g530 NRST & -D>

• Things to learn: how to fly safely in a wide range of conditions; FAA rules; airspace system; wings and engines and avionics; 

• Listen to liveatc.net (its "interesting" recordings include Beebo Richard Russell (sp?) stealing Dash Q 400 from sea-tac)

• Read “Stick & Rudder”! (and Kirschner, AIM, AFH, Berge)

• Look into LSA (light sport aviation) limitations, requirements for license, etc.

• simulator.com offers scheduling  of training in motion simulators for complex craft (not single cessna, not sim online).

• Imagine walking while carrying a 4x8 sheet of plywood: there’s wind effects

• Need model plane for enacting.

• FAA chart users guide is in my ibooks http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/digital_products/aero_guide/media/editions/cug-complete.pdf

• “Air is like water” so there’s wake; also plane is dynamically stable and levels itself out. Let the plane fly: it wants to fly itself stable (and you need just a few fingers to guide it away from the straight now and then).

• Scary pilot pov of severe wake turbulence on landing: https://youtu.be/BuGFIXxkyLU gives 45+ twist at 45 knots and 45’ agl and stall horn, whew! (KFRG "Republic" on LongIsl is giving cessna 3 minute delay for wake turbulence).

• http://airnav.com has af/d supplement airport info online.

• For nervous flyer, relaxing(?) to just sit in the plane for familiarity. (or motion simulator first?) “oh @#$& I don’t want to do this.” pax briefing with warnings. Perhaps taxi w/o flying. And/or next flight: once around the pattern and stop. Passenger can panic, claw, scratch, openTheDoor, and distract the pilot. Can fear that the plane is fragile and will break. Fear wind, other planes, uncertainty in pilot. see flight chops w/ MJ https://youtu.be/vHwZNmYwYRA and followup with simulator: https://youtu.be/xLv609ABHBA and other eager friend Glen: https://youtu.be/aexv9gJUXHo Scared pax don’t want to look out but that avoids sea sickness. Warning of changes of speed & motor sound. “Are you sure you have enough gas?” Afraid of hitting important button(s). Didn’t feel that the plane would remain in the air (think the engine is the only thing holding them up). In big planes you don’t see the fragility and humanity of the pilots. Suggestion: give them little tasks (look for traffic?), project calm confidence,

• Use trail on x-plane map to measure turning radius of c172 and c150! (How see dist on map? Perhaps use length of runways, e.g. over KVNC’s 5k’ X.) Perhaps student group project.

• Video “flying with Gary”

• Video “real world vfr”

• Learn the glider’s instruments as starter! (X-plane has a "Schleicher ASK 21", see https://www.x-plane.com/aircraft/ask-21/ with med-res picture of dashboard.)

• Calculate glider glide-slope, c150, 737–see my spreadsheet, with % vs ratio vs 

• Add glider and steam instrument pictures to Anki for students to study.

• Richard Bach “A Gift of Wings” ch. “school for perfection” pg 135 describes pilot school with kids starting off with home-made gliders (small then big), and forced landings, etc.

• Use x-plane’s WED (World EDitor) to build/import crazy 3D scenery “obj” (blender/ac3d, not alias/wavefront OBJ!) files from alice or unity3d or sketchup... ”download free, has video tutorials (13 part video tutorial),  see https://developer.x-plane.com/tools/worldeditor/ and https://developer.x-plane.com/docs/scenery/ and https://developer.x-plane.com/manuals/wed/

• ∃ ”kidsFlyCubs.org” club for high schools in Florida & S. Georgia, says aopa 2018.

• Video training fr Univ ND!

• Know ALL instruments/gauges/controls!

• Get posters of dashboards, steam and electronic!

• Gold star video about unusual attitude training ( https://youtu.be/N3TVKDeCUsE ) does a nice job of putting highlight circle around the little dot in the center of the attitude indicator, at 4:55 and 5:51, telling you where to look.

• Look into scouts aviation merit badge!

• Aopa aerodynamics! multiple lessons https://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/air-safety-institute/safety-spotlights/aerodynamics?utm_source=epilot&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=asi%20products&utm_content=180614epilot 

• See also my "pilot training online lessons and ground schools" page.

• See EAA’s “young eagles” program to take youths flying www.eaa.org/youngeagles

• Glass or steam or both,? (Glass is harder for glance at speed, alti, vvi!)

• Let’s take written test Sept & June.

• https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/article/top-10-rules-of-thumb/#.WzkBMhYpCEc rules of thumb! From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_three_(aeronautics) 

• !! There's supposedly a plug-in for x-plane that will score your landings (descent rate, g's of impact, perhaps speed, (dist from touchdown point?)) (Like x-plane’s flight lessons!) see Dataref Editor and SASL mentioned in amateur tutorial https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/59622-sasl-tutorial-1-a-brief-intro-and-a-simple-demo-file/ 

• Check out https://1-sim.aero which is a "scripting plugin" which allows (lua) coded access-to/control-of x-plane. Discussion and tutorials at https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/forum/140-sasl-discussion-forum/  one tutorial is by rookie programmer (https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/59622-sasl-tutorial-1-a-brief-intro-and-a-simple-demo-file/ ) and has pre-req that you've built x-plane airplane(s) (offers youtube tutorials on how to do that at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL83BC4217746786FF&feature=plcp )

• Who has a redbird (immersive!) simulator in NYC? See https://simulators.redbirdflight.com/tools/find-a-redbird NYC has FMX near LGA (Vaughn College Of Aeronautics And Technology, 8601 23rd Ave, East Elmhurst (Flushing), NY 11369, (718) 429-6600 https://www.vaughn.edu ) and has "MCX" (dual control motion FMX) at August Martin High School, 156-010 Baisley Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11434 (718) 528-2920 (also (718) 528-5790?))  augustmartin.org)  and half dozen further out on long island including Hicksville, Amityville, and KFRG Farmingdale airport has two FMX: "Academy of Aviation" (631-777-7772, academyofaviation.com) and "Nassau Flyers" (631) 454-0626 http://www.flynfi.com

• (PS there are "FMX" "motion" redbirds at "Cirrus Aviation, SRQ, 8191 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota http://www.cirrusaviation.com" and "Lpc Aviation, KPGD (near car rental lots), 28260 Airpark Dr, Punta Gorda http://lpcaviation.com"

• See "http://www.vivifystem.com/" which "equips teachers with resources the help bring STEM education to life" (the founders (are both female) have interview/overview at https://landing.redbirdflight.com/posts/exploring-stem-like-an-aerospace-engineer , one of them says "throughout high school, I couldn’t get over the stereotypes surrounding engineering: it always felt like a career path that was too nerdy or just for boys." Reminisce about volunteering to mentor stem students, saw teachers with flashcards but unengaged students... more stem education links they mention include  Career & Technical Education Program Focuses on Aviation (https://landing.redbirdflight.com/posts/cte-program-focuses-on-aviation) and NASA's "Space Exploration Educators Conference" (https://spacecenter.org/educator-resources/teachers-seec/ )

• More short inspiring articles from redbird simulators:  https://landing.redbirdflight.com/posts/how-does-a-flight-instructor-know-when-a-skill-is-mastered , https://landing.redbirdflight.com/posts/how-to-be-a-good-instructor-in-the-cockpit-classroom-and-simulator , https://landing.redbirdflight.com/posts/5-things-ive-learned-from-student-pilots , 

• Re teaching/CFI:  https://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/cfis/flight-instructor-resources  info galore, online articles, etc.

• Field trip to Airport Tower (LGA, JFK? Farmingdale, Teterboro?)

• Study my pilot glossary, perhaps with anki cards (web edition is free).

• Aopa says beware “flightnow” flight sharing that isn’t following all safety rules (FAA shut’em down) with case up to supreme court (not heard).

• Aopa says beware $65 plane re-registrations done by “national aviation center” when it should only be $5; use registry.faa.gov/renewregistration .

• Airplane instructor manual and sample lessons, free pdfs, at https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/aviation_instructors_handbook/

• Rod Machado tips for teaching IMC, including taking a student (with their permission) into marginal areas (is eye-opener!), practice deviations (with descent while re-calculating direction & radio), be a model of good judgement around your students https://www.aopa.org/lms/courses/vfr-into-imc/secondary-content/cfis.html 

• See free AOPA high school curricula (pilot, aerospace engineer, drone control):  http://youcanfly.aopa.org/high-school  with free membership also check flight-training magazine for ages 13-18 (https://www.aopa.org/login/AV8RS) and news about it https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2018/march/07/aopa-invites-schools-to-aviation-stem-curriculum with link to 9th grade curriculum at https://www.aopa.org/sitecore/content/sites/you-can-fly/website/high-school/high-school-curriculum (I’m not signing up for their program because I would have to attend their training summer 2018, have to promise to have X number of students, & have to give them data about the students.) Conference for HS teachers report: https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2017/november/08/aviation-stem-symposium-engaging-and-informative

• NYC is giving $2.6million to NYC “Gregorio Luperone HS for Science and Mathematics” which is using aopa hs curric. AOPA video interviews one of their teachers Jonas De Leon, and aopa “flight training” magazine mentions him owning mooney and pilot since 1993.

• patreon.com/learntfp instructor Jason also has youtube channel “the finer points”

• “WomenCanFly.com” is organization that gives demo flights to (East Coast) women for free, mentioned in “Hellish Landing: Women Can Fly” youtube (pilot has youtube channel and websites www.jotrackerblog.com and patreon.com/jotracker )

• see AOPA article about VR & AR ground school to show parts of engine or layout of cockpit dashboard: 

• Order a yoke and rudder pedals! (or borrow Dad’s)

• http://flightchops.com (more adventure than instructing?) cool flights over sfo and vancouver, and spin training in pitts including inverted spins (with recovery to upright)

• MojoGrip ppl vids including w&b & density altitude https://youtu.be/gnbPXvAzkdM

• OnlineGroundsSchool.com has youtube “gold seal” videos including Russell Still flying c172 w/ 6 cameras VFR through ATL bravo https://youtu.be/nNO-qLP_bto

• See organizations for flight instructors: Nat’l Assoc of Flight Instructors www.nafinet.org and Soc.of Aviation & Flight Educators www.safepilots.org 

• Aopa air safety institute! (  https://aopa.org/training-and-safety/air-safety-institute  )

• https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/147812-not-enough-adverse-yaw/ has planemaker suggestions: "RudderWithAileronPercentage" = 0 or perhaps  -1.0      and/or      global and/or all "stabilityAugmentation" = 0 (or at least yaw(?)StabilityAugmention = 0  )      …  or hidden (SpecialControls) "RudderWithAileronPercentage" =  -0.8       … test by roll 10 right, then left 20 (so you're 10 degrees left), then right 20, etc     …  cross-reference to  http://questions.x-plane.com/6265/adverse-yaw-in-x-plane-11      and     https://questions.x-plane.com/6132/is-there-a-way-to-manually-disable-auto-rudder-in-xp11?show=6132#q6132

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CA surfer vs pitts asserted in quora https://www.quora.com/What-have-been-some-of-the-most-ridiculous-causes-of-plane-crashes/answer/James-Michael-Cavanagh

my ntsb searches (ca w/ pitts), (ca w/ surf), (pitts w/ surf), (surfboard) don’t find. Closest is Hawaii low alt airshow Pitts crash witnessed by surfer https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20001206X01137&AKey=1&RType=HTML&IType=LA

? Final Report (wing fail ‘72 merced

oops: in 1981 the same plane “n21jv” has two accidents in Tracy, CA:

• in May gear collapse (“IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS”) pilot age 46 has 500 hours, 100 in type;

• in Sep (“IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS … REMARKS- RAN INTO FARM CROP BESIDE RWY.”) pilot age 46 has 1525 hours, 105 in type)