While taking in the sights today from above, LFA Flight Instructor Mark Donovan found himself reflecting on the rash of airplane accidents and tragedies that have occurred over the past few weeks. The one that occurred in Arizona on February 19th hit close to home. The accident involved a flight school Cessna 172 and a Lancair aircraft, and reminded him of the importance of see and avoid when flying at uncontrolled airports.
He is thinking about conducting a 1/2 day workshop on the topic of operating aircraft at or near uncontrolled airports. If this is something you might be interested in attending please let us know. He would do it at the Laconia Airport, and also via a live stream with Microsoft Teams. ... See MoreSee Less
In this video LFA Flight Instructor Mark Donovan explains what Procedure Turns and Holds in Lieu of Procedure Turns are in relationship to flying Instrument Approach Procedures. ... See MoreSee Less
In this video LFA Flight Instructor Mark Donovan provides tips on how to fly instrument approaches better; including when to brief instrument approach plates, key tasks to perform when ATC assigns you an IAP, key tasks to do just before starting an IAP, key callouts at predetermined points on IAP, and landing or going missed on an IAP. ... See MoreSee Less
Certain aircrafts' Pilot Operating Handbooks advise against doing forward slips to landings with full flaps. In this video LFA Flight Instructor Mark Donovan goes over why they do, and specifically why it can be unsafe to do forward slips to landings with full flaps in these certain aircraft. ... See MoreSee Less
In this video LFA Flight Instructor Mark Donovan shows how to add custom user waypoint names in a ForeFlight Cross Country Flight Plan. In addition, he shows how to prevent the course heading from moving left/right when doing a tap and hold over the magenta course line to add a user waypoint. ... See MoreSee Less
In this video LFA Flight Instructor Mark Donovan goes over instrument currency requirements to maintain IFR rating privileges. He specifically goes over the required number of instrument approaches, holding requirements, and course intercepting and tracking requirements, as well as the recency of having to do those procedures to maintain IFR currency. ... See MoreSee Less
In this video LFA Flight Instructor Mark Donovan goes over VOR Navigation and show how to easily determine the distance and time to a VOR. In addition, he shows how to determine the aircraft's relative position to the VOR and the necessary heading to fly towards the VOR. ... See MoreSee Less
In this video LFA Flight Instructor Mark Donovan shows a very simple technique to determine what heading to fly to a VOR by looking at the CDI instrument. He also shows how using the same technique you can easily determine your position from the VOR. ... See MoreSee Less
In this video LFA Flight Instructor Mark Donovan goes over the BasicMed Enhancements per the FAA 2024 Reauthorization Act, as well as explains how to qualify for BasicMed, how to Apply for BasicMed, BasicMed Limitations, and what you need to carry on your person when flying under BasicMed. ... See MoreSee Less
While taking in the sights today from above, LFA Flight Instructor Mark Donovan found himself reflecting on the rash of airplane accidents and tragedies that have occurred over the past few weeks. The one that occurred in Arizona on February 19th hit close to home. The accident involved a flight school Cessna 172 and a Lancair aircraft, and reminded him of the importance of see and avoid when flying at uncontrolled airports.
He is thinking about conducting a 1/2 day workshop on the topic of operating aircraft at or near uncontrolled airports. If this is something you might be interested in attending please let us know. He would do it at the Laconia Airport, and also via a live stream with Microsoft Teams. ... See MoreSee Less
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In this video LFA Flight Instructor Mark Donovan explains what Procedure Turns and Holds in Lieu of Procedure Turns are in relationship to flying Instrument Approach Procedures. ... See MoreSee Less
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In this video LFA Flight Instructor Mark Donovan provides tips on how to fly instrument approaches better; including when to brief instrument approach plates, key tasks to perform when ATC assigns you an IAP, key tasks to do just before starting an IAP, key callouts at predetermined points on IAP, and landing or going missed on an IAP. ... See MoreSee Less
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Certain aircrafts' Pilot Operating Handbooks advise against doing forward slips to landings with full flaps. In this video LFA Flight Instructor Mark Donovan goes over why they do, and specifically why it can be unsafe to do forward slips to landings with full flaps in these certain aircraft. ... See MoreSee Less
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In this video LFA Flight Instructor Mark Donovan shows how to add custom user waypoint names in a ForeFlight Cross Country Flight Plan. In addition, he shows how to prevent the course heading from moving left/right when doing a tap and hold over the magenta course line to add a user waypoint. ... See MoreSee Less
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In this video LFA Flight Instructor Mark Donovan goes over instrument currency requirements to maintain IFR rating privileges. He specifically goes over the required number of instrument approaches, holding requirements, and course intercepting and tracking requirements, as well as the recency of having to do those procedures to maintain IFR currency. ... See MoreSee Less
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In this video LFA Flight Instructor Mark Donovan goes over VOR Navigation and show how to easily determine the distance and time to a VOR. In addition, he shows how to determine the aircraft's relative position to the VOR and the necessary heading to fly towards the VOR. ... See MoreSee Less
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In this video LFA Flight Instructor Mark Donovan shows a very simple technique to determine what heading to fly to a VOR by looking at the CDI instrument. He also shows how using the same technique you can easily determine your position from the VOR. ... See MoreSee Less
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In this video LFA Flight Instructor Mark Donovan goes over the BasicMed Enhancements per the FAA 2024 Reauthorization Act, as well as explains how to qualify for BasicMed, how to Apply for BasicMed, BasicMed Limitations, and what you need to carry on your person when flying under BasicMed. ... See MoreSee Less
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