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Upgrade your preflight inspection
Jan04

Upgrade your preflight inspection

The Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association (AOPA) resident airframe and powerplant (A&P) mechanic Carlo Cilliers shares some tips to help improve your aircraft pre flight inspection. The mechanic highlights some simple checks that can be added to any pre flight inspection that are ideal for aircraft owners and pilots of rental aircraft...

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USAF Texan II pre flight inspection and training mission video
Aug27

USAF Texan II pre flight inspection and training mission video

Follow Maj Johnathan Leech, call sign: Linc, for an in-depth walk around of the T-6 Texan II and for a training mission. The T-6 Texan II is the primary training aircraft for the United States Air Force (USAF), and is used to introduce students to military flying. Some students will have zero flight hours (FH) while others will already have gained a private pilot pilots licence (PPL) beforehand. After an initial pilot briefing Maj...

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