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		<title>Importance of Effective Scan in Collision Avoidance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a great illustration of what students are taught about scanning outside the cockpit. They are taught to scan the horizon for a short  distance, stop momentarily, and repeat the process.  Doing so is the most effective technique to locate other aircraft.  The idea is not to not fix one&#8217;s gaze for  more than a couple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Pilots Get Lazy &#8230; Stupid Things Happen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of days ago, there was an incident involving two aircraft here in the SF Bay Area which made national news.  A single-engine Bonanza struck a Robinson R22 helicopter, causing both to make forced landings.  Although both pilots fortunately walked away with minor injuries, the story nonetheless served to reinforce the widely-held notion that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mark1aviationblog.com/aviation/when-pilots-get-lazy-stupid-things-happen/</link>
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		<title>Landing Technique</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Demonstrating how to keep the &#8220;aiming point&#8221; stationary within the windscreen as the plane descends toward the runway.  Maintaining a constant pitch assures proper and consistent airspeed control, and keeping the aiming point motionless means that the airplane is on the proper glidepath to touchdown.  NOTE: although the aiming point is typically the runway numbers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holding Centerline During Landing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most beginning student pilots, and even many experience pilots for that matter, end up landing well to the left of the runway centerline (rarely do I ever see someone land to the right).  Here&#8217;s a bird&#8217;s-eye view of a commercial jet landing KSJC RWY 30L.  TIP:  When you land, concentrate on positioning the centerline between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Group-Coupon&#8221; Offers for Discovery Flights &#8211; Beware!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t normally jump up on my soapbox, but there&#8217;s a new scam being perpetrated on the public by less scrupulous flying clubs and flight instructors involving a well-known &#8221;group coupon&#8221; service.  These coupons claim to offer 50% off the normal price for a Discovery Flight when, in fact, the actual value is much, much less.  In order to be able to offer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mark1aviationblog.com/aviation/group-coupon-offers-for-discovery-flights-beware/</link>
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		<title>Another awesome Discovery Flight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve ever dreamed of learning to fly, perhaps this will help persuade you to finally act on that dream.  There is no other feeling in the world like that of being at the controls of an airplane as you soar above what is, unquestionably, one of the most beautiful cities in the world.   &#160; &#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://mark1aviationblog.com/aviation/the-garmin-g1000-svt-in-action/</link>
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		<title>Why we fly &#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Views over San Francisco were UNBELIEVABLE today!!!  Pictures only begin to tell the story &#160; &#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://mark1aviationblog.com/aviation/why-we-fly/</link>
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		<title>Thinking About Starting Instrument Training?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Instrument Rating is what often distinguishes professionally-minded pilots from the more casual, recreational pilots. To earn an Instrument Rating, pilots must have logged a minimum of 50 hours PIC (pilot-in-command) as well as 40 hours of instrument time (in either actual or simulated instrument conditions &#8230; i.e. not being able to see out the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mark1aviationblog.com/aviation/getting-your-instrument-rating/</link>
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		<title>When Choosing a Flight Instructor &#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the first and most important steps in beginning flight training is selecting the right flight instructor, commonly referred to as a CFI.  Too often, people walk into a flying club or flight school and hook up with the very first CFI they talk to, I guess because they have the notion that flight instruction [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mark1aviationblog.com/aviation/when-choosing-a-flight-instructor/</link>
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		<title>Very cool!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If your considering training to fly both airplanes and helicopters, my recommendation is to get your Private Pilot &#8211; Airplane license first, THEN add the Rotorcraft &#8211; Helicopter.   In my opinion, it&#8217;s much easier to do it that way than the other way around. &#160;]]></description>
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