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Enjoy listening and learning as you eavesdrop on the Hangar Flying conversation with Certified Flight Instructors!

The CFIcast #14 CFI panel:

Your host: Rick Durden, CFI, Aviation lawyer and author of "The Pilot's Lounge" column on AvWeb.com and articles for AOPA Pilot and Aviation Safety, from Grand Rapids, Michigan
Special guest CFI Scott Dennstaedt, CFI, a former a NWS Meteorologist, creator of the "Ice is Not Ice" seminar on CD. Scott is an IFR magazine contributing editor, writer for Plane and Pilot, Pilot Journal and Twin and Turbine. FAA-certificated instrument flight instructor with about 3,500+ hours, currently teaching in technically advanced aircraft. Scott helped the Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association develop a pilot proficiency program and helped the Columbia owner's association develop a recurrent training program. Scott also does one-on-one aviation weather training with pilots via WebEx.
Kate Bernard, CFI, from Neenah, WI who just earned her multi-engine CFI rating.
Greg Bockelman, CFI. A 777 pilot for a major airline and owner of a Cessna 195.
Dr. Bruce Chien, M.D., CFI, Senior Aviation Medical Examiner from Central Illinois, host of the AMEcast
Tony Condon, CFI, student and glider pilot & instructor from Ames, Iowa
Ron Levy, CFI, a Professional Instrument Courses - P.I.C 10 day course instructor from Maryland

Topics discussed by CFIcast Certified Flight Instructor panel:

Scott Dennstaedt on The Skew-T diagram to predict icing conditions
Do CFIs teach flight in actual ice?
Tools to evaluate icing conditions
Should CFIs give student an exposure to actual ice?
Should the CFI share a healthy respect and avoid ice with students?
If the CFI demonstrates an ice encounter is the student likely to think an ice encounter is tolerable on try it on their own?
If the student gets a scare from ice on a dual session
Teaching a known ice capable aircraft.
Appreciating students who do proper preparation.
Teaching how to evaluate where the ice would be.

Using weather products tools to find the ice.
ADDS
Recognize that the tools only give snapshots.
The Skew-T diagram
http://rucsoundings.noaa.gov

What the CFI's ethical obligation to give students an exposure to ice?
How do pilots evaluate their own competence?
Teaching instrument students that they can't always expect to be able to fly.
Can you teach the discipline and judgment required.
Teaching the student what to do if they have an ice encounter.
Can the CFI just brief the student on what to do in an ice encounter without giving an actual experience?<
Will the simulator work to simulate ice?
The aircraft's performance in ice is hard to predict. They aren't required to tested in ice.

Recorded Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 01:07:00 - 30.7MB

Theme Song: "Learn to Fly" by Josh Woodward Music on the CFIcast is from the Podshow Podsafe Music Network. Check it out at http://music.podshow.com

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Direct download: CFIcast014_Ice_2008.02.21.mp3
Category: audio -- posted at: 11:36 PM

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Sun, 10 February 2008

CFIcast #008 - CFIs on Flight reviews, check rides, and IPCs - CFIs on Pilot Examiners - Aviation Podcast - 2007.07.19

CFIcast #008 - CFIs on Flight reviews, check rides, and IPCs - CFIs on Pilot Examiners - Certified Flight Instructor Aviation Podcast - 2007.07.19

Enjoy listening and learning as you eavesdrop on the Hangar Flying conversation with Certified Flight Instructors!

The CFIcast #8 CFI panel:

Your host: Rick Durden, CFI, Aviation lawyer and author of "The Pilot's Lounge" column on AvWeb.com and articles for AOPA Pilot and Aviation Safety, from Grand Rapids, Michigan
Tony Condon, CFI, student and glider pilot & instructor from Ames, Iowa
Ron Levy, CFI, a Professional Instrument Courses - P.I.C 10 day course instructor from Maryland
Dr. Judy Parrish-Jones, Ph.D., CFI professor of Geological Sciences and former Dean of Sciences at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho

Topics discussed by CFIcast Certified Flight Instructor panel:

CFIs on what to expect on a flight review
FAA Advisory Circular 61.98A
How CFIs evaluate a pilot
Make the review match the kind of flying the pilot does
Evaluate the pilot's knowledge of new issues on regulations like stadium TFRs
Ask the pilot what they would like to review
How long does a flight review take?
Do a pre-review interview
Common problem areas that should be covered

Maintaining control on landing
Landings and takeoffs on short, narrow, and/or grass fields
Using too much runway
Even flying straight and level

How many flight reviews end in one session?
How do pilots evaluate their own competence?
Pilots who try to intimidate the CFI

The instrument Practical Test Standards
Ron: The flight review is a training event. The IPC is a check ride.
Tony: Crank up the stress on the IPC
Rick: The FAA regulations are only the minimum standards. Should we have tougher standards?
FAA FAR 61.57 on the Instrument Proficiency Check

CFIs get to know the DPEs
Does the CFI talk to DPE before the checkride?
Pick a DPE that is nearby?
Should the CFI brief the student on what the DPE asks?
CFIs sharing DPE evaluations
DPEs who don't do checkrides "by the book"
The CFI keeping tabs on the applicant's practical test
"Maverick" DPEs -Are there active DPEs who should be disciplined?
Should the CFI be concerned if the DPE doesn't seem to cover everything?

Recorded Thursday, July 19, 2007 - 01:02:13 - 28.5MB

Theme Song: "Learn to Fly" by Josh Woodward
Song: "Flying Away" by Empyrion from the State of Washington Music on the CFIcast is from the Podshow Podsafe Music Network. Check it out at http://music.podshow.com

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Direct download: CFIcast008_2007.07.19_Reviews.mp3
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Mon, 4 February 2008

Pilotcast OSH 2007 Vidcast #3 - Phil Boyer, AOPA & Alan Klapmeier, Cirrus Design - Aviation Video Podcast - 2007.07.28

Pilotcast Video report #3 from EAA Airventure 2007 in Oshkosh, WI, USA in July of 2007.

Some hangar flying after the User Fees panel with Phil Boyer, President of the US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, AOPA with some discussion about the user fees issue in the US.

Pilot Kent talks again to Alan Klapmieir, co-founder and CEO of Cirrus Design

The Cirrus SRS Light Sport Aircraft
The Cirrus Jet
The Cirrus Access owner training program
Cirrus Encore trade-up program
The top-secret plans for the new Cirrus plane

Recorded on July 25 and July 28 2007 - 00:18:41 - 110.4MB

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Direct download: Pilotcast_OSH_2007_Vidcast_3_-_Boyer-Klapmeier_-_Aviation_Video_Podcast_-_2007.07.28.m4v
Category: video -- posted at: 9:13 PM

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CFIcast #014 - CFIs on Ice! - Certified Flight Instructor Aviation Podcast - 2008.02.21

Enjoy listening and learning as you eavesdrop on the Hangar Flying conversation with Certified Flight Instructors!

CFIcast #008 - CFIs on Flight reviews, check rides, and IPCs - CFIs on Pilot Examiners - Certified Flight Instructor Aviation Podcast - 2007.07.19

Enjoy listening and learning as you eavesdrop on the Hangar Flying conversation with Certified Flight Instructors!