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If you’re an Artist-Pilot, devote time to:
• Reviewing your airplane’s operating handbooks or
manuals;
• Incorporating use of simple checklists in all phases
of flight;
• Memorizing and practicing the critical steps of
emergency procedures;
• Developing a deep understanding of the aircraft’s
systems, their operations and how you operate them;
• Practicing the maneuvers required on the Practical Test for the pilot certificate and ratings you hold, ensuring you can still fly them at least as well as you did on the
day you passed each checkride;
• Taking dual instruction on the maneuvers and
standards of the next level of pilot certificate or rating above that you already hold (Commercial if you’re a Private Pilot; ATP if you are instrument rated, etc.) to learn new maneuvers and adhere to a higher level of precision than you’ve been held to this point; and
• Flying with an instructor who specializes in your aircraft type, to learn tips and tricks for flying it predictably “by the numbers.”
If you’re a Technician-Pilot, design a plan for the coming year that includes:
• Adding a new flying experience, such as a tailwheel endorsement, sailplane f light, seaplane training, complex or multiengine training, or mountain flying, even if you don’t plan to pursue a
checkride or plan to fly that type of aircraft or operation again. Immersing yourself in a learning mode, you will invariably find something new that you can apply to the type of flying you do do;
• Taking spin training or intro- ductory aerobatic flight, in an appropriate aircraft with a qualified instructor;
• Making a long VFR cross-country flight, if you routinely fly IFR;
• Using your technical bent to
develop a deep understanding of the aircraft’s systems, their operations and how you operate them;
• Developing cockpit flows to use in conjunction with checklists;
• Practicing the maneuvers required on the Practical Test for the pilot certificate and ratings you hold, ensuring you can still fly them at least as well as you did on the day you passed each checkride;
• Taking dual instruction on the maneuvers and standards of the next level of pilot certificate or rating above that you already hold (Commercial if you’re a
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Are you primarily technical in the way you y, or if you are mainly an artist, ying by feel? Resolve to explore the “other side.”
Private Pilot; ATP if you are an instrument-rated pilot, etc.) to learn new maneuvers and adhere to a higher level of precision than you’ve been held to this point; and
• Flying with an instructor you’ve never flown with before, who specializes in your airplane type but who will teach you skills and techniques your usual instructor may have missed.
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The goal is to become an A-level pilot by expanding beyond where you are now to where you can be, using the Unified Flying Theory or aeronautical Theory of Everything. Combining artistry and technical expertise is mastery of flight. T&T
Thomas P. Turner is an ATP CFII/MEI, holds a master's Degree in Aviation Safety, and was the 2010 National FAA Safety Team Representative of the Year. Subscribe to Tom’s free FLYING LESSONS Weekly e-newsletter at www.mastery-flight-training.com.
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