The long anticipated certification of the Cirrus Vision Jet finally happened. On October 30th, the FAA awarded certification to Cirrus’ single engine jet. Marketed as the world’s first single engine personal jet, the Cirrus Vision Jet will seat five adults, two children, and cruise around 300 knots. The Williams FJ33-5A Turbo Fan engine is operated…
Redbird Skyport at the San Marcos Regional Airport will be hosting it’s 6th Annual Redbird Migration Flight Training Conference. The event is focused on flight training and flight training providers. Past speakers have included the president of Hartnell Propellers, the CEO of Big Red, and various Redbird Executives. The list of speakers for this year’s…
In September, the FAASTeam at the San Antonio FSDO put a special emphasis on transition training (AOPA put out a free course last year covering general transition training topics). A lot of pilots don’t understand the need for transition training or what it even entails. Transition training deals mainly with piston engine aircraft, regardless of whether…
My first chief flight instructor had an addage he would impart to his flight instructors when we began working at that flight school. “Pitch + Power = Performance” he would tell us. Then he’d glare at us and follow up with, “nobody teaches that right, so make sure your students know it.” Now, having been…
Hurricane Matthew rolled through the Caribbean last week and dumped vast amounts of rain across several of the island nations. Haiti was one of them. Haiti has been hard hit by disasters over the last 10 years. Hurricane Ike in 2008, he devastating earthquake in 2010, Tropical Storm Isaac in 2012 and now Hurricane Matthew….
