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Discover How to Be a Pilot – Your Career in Aviation and Pilot Certification
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November 19th, 2009
Goto comments Leave a comment Powered by Max Banner Ads If you have got to the point, where you really want to become a pilot then no doubt flying is a passion of yours. Once the decision to become a pilot has been made you then need to put some serious consideration into what type of pilot you want to be and start your research into the requirements. . Now in order to make the right choice you have to determine your ultimate goal. The nine categories of classifications starting from the most advanced are…- Designated pilot examiner- Airline transport- Certified flight instructor- Commercial- Instrument rated- Private- Recreational- Sport- StudentNaturally, to begin your quest you have to start at the bottom, and then you can decide what level you will carry onto.To reach any of these levels they all have one thing in common which is a completion of a specific amount of hours, in theory, written tests, oral examinations and ultimately the flight test. It seems like a lot of work and it most definitely is. The rewards you reap from your diligence are a permanent ownership of your certificate unless you allow it to expire or it becomes suspended or revoked. You must keep in current by flying a specified number of hours per year and maintain a valid medical certificate.
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Pilot acclaimed after ditching plane at sea – Times Online
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Pilot acclaimed after ditching plane at seaSophie Tedmanson in Sydney 25 CommentsRecommend? 10Dom James and Ruby Rose pose at the announcement of the 22nd Annual Cleo Bachelor Of The Year at Sydney Central PlazaDon Arnold/WireImageDominic JamesA pilot saved the lives of all his passengers when he made an emergency water landing in the Pacific.The aircraft, which was transporting a hospital patient and five others from Samoa to Melbourne, began to run out of fuel as it circled Norfolk Island, about 900 miles from the east coast of Australia, last night.After heavy fog prevented him from landing on the island, Captain Dominic James brought the plane down on the water in the dark.Although it sank within minutes, the patient, her husband, two medical crew and both pilots escaped.Related Links Hudson River pilot describes 'surreal' landing ‘I’m just a regular guy,’ says Hudson pilot Zimbabwe airliner grounded by wild pigThe six survivors clung to each other, treading water under the moonlight for and hour and a half. Only three had time to grab life jackets before escaping the jet.They were all eventually rescued by boat and taken to Norfolk Island, where they were treated for shock and hypothermia, but none was injured.Captain James's actions drew comparisons with the plane crash in New York in January when Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, a US Airways pilot, safely ditched an Airbus 320 into the Hudson River in New York, saving all 155 passengers and crew.
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Airplane wreckage found near Mahnomen | INFORUM | Fargo, ND
Posted by: | CommentsMAHNOMEN, Minn. – A private pilot flying over Mahnomen County spotted what appeared to be the wreckage of a plane late Tuesday afternoon in a remote wooded area 21 miles east of the city of Mahnomen, according to Sheriff Doug Krier.
The pilot saw the tail fin of a plane sticking up out of a brushy, wooded site about 4:30 p.m. and landed in Mahnomen to tell authorities, Krier said. A deputy went up with the pilot to survey the scene and confirmed that it appeared to be a wrecked aircraft, though he could not tell what kind of aircraft.
The pilot who spotted the apparent wreckage was not part of the 18-aircraft Civil Air Patrol search involving 80 trained volunteers that flew over nine counties Tuesday, including Mahnomen. The CAP effort also involved five ground crews that check out leads from aircraft crews.
Since Saturday morning, the state’s CAP had mounted its largest air search in recent memory for Andrew Lindberg, 32, formerly of Hallock, Minn.
He was flying Friday night from Lakeville, Minn., to Hallock to go deer hunting with his father, Bill, and others. The last contact he made was a text message from his cell phone to his father, who was waiting at the Hallock airport, saying he was over Staples, Minn., about 6:30 p.m.
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