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SUCCESS STORY
Solo at 16!
He couldn't have done it without mom and dad
“FLYING SOLO WAS an amazing experience that I had waited for since the moment I knew I could solo when I turned 16. I have been flying with my father since before I could reach the rudder pedals. I’ve flown a Mooney M20J with one wing low so I could look out the window, and I landed our Cessna Corvalis for the first time at age 12. Now, I have progressed into a true trainer, a 1963
Cessna Skyhawk, and that ended up being the airplane I soloed. It was a truly exciting moment of my life, and when I looked over into the right seat, I thought He is not there anymore, do I know what to do? I would like to thank my father and mother, Walter and Hellen Driggers, for supporting my aviation passion.” Share your experience on Flight Training’s Facebook page.
Name: Rocky Driggers Age: 16 Event: First solo Airplane: Cessna 172 Place: Ocala, Florida (OCF)
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
Static port
YOUR AIRCRAFT’S AIRSPEED
BY MIKE COLLINS
Get a professional to clear those openings
indicator, altimeter, and vertical speed indicator get their reference static pressure from a small hole, or port, in the skin of the aircraft at a location where the airflow is not disturbed. Combined with impact air pressure— from air striking the airplane because of its forward motion—transmitted from the pitot tube, static pressure allows proper operation of the pitot-static system. Errors in the ASI, altimeter, or VSI normally indicate blockage of the pitot tube, static port(s), or both. The culprit usually is moisture, dirt, or insects. There may be a static port on only one side of the fuselage, or on both; sometimes the static port is part of a combined pitot-static
for it to be covered with a piece of tape while the airplane is being washed. tube. Be sure to check the Blocked or partially blocked static port during preflight, static or pitot openings especially if you’re the first should be cleared by a to fly an airplane after mainmechanic; blowing into the tenance—it’s not uncommon openings could damage the instruments. How do you know if the static port is blocked? If the altimeter and vertical speed indicator needles don’t move while you climb or descend, the port’s probably blocked. Your airspeed indicator also may not read correctly. To fix this problem, activate the alternate static air source, if the airplane is equipped with one. If not, in an emergency—say you’ve entered instrument meteorological conditions—break the glass on the VSI. That will restore basic functionality, although the instruments’ STATIC PORTS can be in a variety of locations, such as the combo pitot and static port (above center), which is located on the underside of the wing (above). readings won’t be exactly Avoid static port errors such as tape covering the hole (top). correct.
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Flight Training - July 2011
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Flight Training - July 2011
Flight Training - July 2011
Contents
President’s Perspective
Right Seat
Letters
The Wind in Your Hair
This Weekend
Success Story What It Looks Like
ASI News Member Products
Tech Tip
Since You Asked
AOPA Action
Final Exam
AOPA Action
News
Insights
Flying Carpet
Emergency Practice
I Love Low and Slow
Technique
Weather
Checkride
Flight Lesson
Rotorworld
Career Advisor
Tech Talk
Get Inside the Checklist
Nothing to See Here
Ultimate Communicators
Advertiser Index
Debrief
Flight Training - July 2011 - Flight Training - July 2011
Flight Training - July 2011 - Cover2
Flight Training - July 2011 - Contents
Flight Training - July 2011 - 2
Flight Training - July 2011 - 3
Flight Training - July 2011 - President’s Perspective
Flight Training - July 2011 - 5
Flight Training - July 2011 - Right Seat
Flight Training - July 2011 - 7
Flight Training - July 2011 - Letters
Flight Training - July 2011 - 9
Flight Training - July 2011 - The Wind in Your Hair
Flight Training - July 2011 - 11
Flight Training - July 2011 - This Weekend
Flight Training - July 2011 - Success Story What It Looks Like
Flight Training - July 2011 - ASI News Member Products
Flight Training - July 2011 - Tech Tip
Flight Training - July 2011 - Since You Asked
Flight Training - July 2011 - 17
Flight Training - July 2011 - AOPA Action
Flight Training - July 2011 - Final Exam
Flight Training - July 2011 - AOPA Action
Flight Training - July 2011 - 21
Flight Training - July 2011 - News
Flight Training - July 2011 - Insights
Flight Training - July 2011 - Flying Carpet
Flight Training - July 2011 - 25
Flight Training - July 2011 - Emergency Practice
Flight Training - July 2011 - 27
Flight Training - July 2011 - 28
Flight Training - July 2011 - 29
Flight Training - July 2011 - 30
Flight Training - July 2011 - 31
Flight Training - July 2011 - I Love Low and Slow
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Flight Training - July 2011 - 34
Flight Training - July 2011 - 35
Flight Training - July 2011 - Technique
Flight Training - July 2011 - 37
Flight Training - July 2011 - Weather
Flight Training - July 2011 - 39
Flight Training - July 2011 - 40
Flight Training - July 2011 - Checkride
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Flight Training - July 2011 - 43
Flight Training - July 2011 - Flight Lesson
Flight Training - July 2011 - Rotorworld
Flight Training - July 2011 - Career Advisor
Flight Training - July 2011 - 47
Flight Training - July 2011 - Tech Talk
Flight Training - July 2011 - Get Inside the Checklist
Flight Training - July 2011 - Nothing to See Here
Flight Training - July 2011 - Ultimate Communicators
Flight Training - July 2011 - Advertiser Index
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Flight Training - July 2011 - 54
Flight Training - July 2011 - 55
Flight Training - July 2011 - Debrief
Flight Training - July 2011 - Cover3
Flight Training - July 2011 - Cover4
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