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How Exactly Does the NOTAR System Work and What are the Coanda and Magnus Effects?

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How do you Pick the Right Flight School for Your Goals and Circumstances?

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September 26, 2021October 3, 2021

The Aerodynamics of Vortex Ring State and the Vuichard Recovery Technique

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September 14, 2021September 26, 2021

What are the Most Crucial Personality Traits & Skills for Professional Pilots?

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September 1, 2021September 14, 2021

5 Reasons Virtual Reality Will be the Future of Flight Simulators

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August 25, 2021September 16, 2021

All 100% EASA-Compliant Helicopter Pilot Training Exercise Briefings

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How Exactly do Night Vision Goggles Work?

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CAT A/B vs Helicopter Performance Classes

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CDFA – Everything You Need to Know as a Helicopter Pilot

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How Exactly Does the NOTAR System Work and What are the Coanda and Magnus Effects?

Tail rotor systems are one of the most crucial components onboard a helicopter. While pilots can deal with tail rotor emergencies, there are variables that could be extremely hard to deal with and manage. This is why the structural design and manufacturing of tail rotor systems is taken extremely seriously amongst aircraft manufacturers. Many implementations […]

How do you Pick the Right Flight School for Your Goals and Circumstances?

One of the most talked about (and requested) topics for aspiring student pilots: how do I navigate this sea of training schools, options, advertisements, promises, and costs? Do I pick a modular course, or integrated? Should I expect to be a flight instructor first or not? What about the instrument rating (IR)? How many hours […]

The Aerodynamics of Vortex Ring State and the Vuichard Recovery Technique

Vortex Ring State (VRS) is one of the most hazardous conditions a helicopter pilot can be in. While it’s part of all the helicopter pilot training syllabuses in the world, it is still present in (fatal) accident reports and discussed widely in the helicopter industry. Lots of pilots have requested for it to be covered […]

What are the Most Crucial Personality Traits & Skills for Professional Pilots?

Professional pilots come in many variants and there are many variables regarding the traits and personality profile of most professional pilots. Things like upbringing, country, company culture, training, and personality all impact in what way student pilots develop and what kind of pilot they end up becoming. Of course, the learning never stops, and any […]

5 Reasons Virtual Reality Will be the Future of Flight Simulators

We haven’t quite entered the times presented in ‘Ready Player One’ just yet, but it’s actually slowly getting there. Virtual Reality (VR) technology is getting cheaper and more advanced every year since companies like Oculus and Valve made it more mainstream, resulting in companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Google all pouring resources into research and […]

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