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208 Commercial Flight Training, Fly Like a Pro, It's the Little Things that Count with Catherine Cavagnaro

Aviation News Talk – Pilot Stories, Safety Tips & General Aviation News

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Leisure, News, Aviation

4.8788 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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208 Commercial Flight Training, Fly Like a Pro, It's the Little Things that Count with Catherine Cavagnaro

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208 Max talks with Catherine Cavagnaro about 36 things pilots can do to improve, so they'll fly more professionally and increase the odds of passing the Private and Commercial checkrides. These include preflight briefings, taxiing, the run up, clearing turns, preparing for landing, crosswind landings, braking, and prop blast. She also talks about The University of the South aviation program.

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And he was absolutely right.

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That is what we should be doing.

0:06.0

You know, it's not just a matter of flying the plane by the book or by the ACS.

0:13.1

These are sort of techniques that just take your flying to a whole new level.

0:22.8

That's Dr. Catherine Kavignaro, talking about one of three dozen things she talks about

0:27.6

in this show that will help you fly more professionally and increase the odds you'll pass

0:31.9

your private and commercial check rides.

0:33.9

Plus, she has lots of stories about things pilots have done on check rides. You just

0:38.6

got to love the stories. Hello again and welcome to Aviation News Talk, a weekly show with

0:43.5

relevant news and flying tips for pilots and student pilots to help keep you safe. I'm Max

0:48.2

Scott. Last week in episode 207, we talked with Rob Mark about an accident in which fighters chased a beachcraft

0:55.3

with an unconscious pilot and about other recent hypoxia-related accidents. So if you missed

1:00.8

that episode, you may want to check it out at aviationnewstalk.com slash 207. This week I videotaped

1:07.7

our conversation with Catherine, so if you'd like to see that video and the many

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other bonus videos I post for members, just sign up at the $20 month or higher level at

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aviation newstalk.com slash awesome because this is a listener supported show and you are all awesome

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listeners. And think about it this way. How much would you pay for an hour of ground instruction? And would you learn

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36 new things in that hour? So please consider supporting the show with whatever you'd pay for an

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hour of ground instruction at aviation newstalk.com slash awesome. And if the aviation news talk

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You're going to love this episode with Catherine, and you won't want to miss future shows.

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