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Phrases every pilot should know and use

I have been doing some multi engine flight training lately with some “advanced” students. These “students” have their commercial and instrument ticket and are looking to get checked out in complex, fast, multi-engine airplanes. As we are flying through the instrument system, I find myself passing on some knowledge to them that I have been fortunate to have received from my various instructors through the years and I thought I would pass this knowledge onto you. I actually thought that everyone had been taught these but apparently, according to my students, that is not so.

1) What is my next altitude and when do I go there?

2) Power Up, Pitch Up, Clean Up, Talk Up

3) The 5 T’s

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My best-mid air encounter

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Crazy title for a post…”my best mid-air encounter.” Usually when someone utters the words, “mid-air” they mean, as in, mid-air collision which can make for a really bad day. This however, although it started out nerve wracking, turned out to be one of my cooler moments in flying.

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