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Dressing for Cold Weather Flights

The time has once again come for all of us to pack it up or bundle up. With the cold weather upon us, it is important to know how to dress properly and know what to do if you land out in the back country.Most experienced pilots will tell you that when flying in the [...]

Backwoods Landing

Skydog Blog – editorial and opinion
If you have been flying for any length of time you have probably had to make an unexpected landing. Most of the time these emergency landings are caused by poor judgement, equipment malfunction, or weather conditions.
While its almost impossible for the cross-country flyer to avoid these types of landings, there [...]

GPS 101 – The Basics

Your at 800 feet, thermals are playing out, you see the landing zone about a mile away and wonder if you can make it. No time to second guess, so you check your glide path with your GPS system. The GPS checks your location in reference to the landing zone, calculates the distance between, calculates [...]

Wind 101 – The Basics

What makes the wind blow? There are two primary causes for the wind.

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Powered parachutes are more and more being recognized as a powerful tool to fight crime by local police departments. The slow flying speed of a powered parachute in comparison to a small airplane makes these aircraft a better platform to view the lay of the land and spot illegal activity. Short take off lengths of [...]

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