Float Plane Training Begins!
Tomorrow morning we formally start the new Float Plane training course. Alberto will be here from Monterrey, Mexico as our first “victim”. The forecast is favorable so hopefully all will go well and he will be ready for his checkride by the end of the week. The Examiner is already scheduled so we need to make it happen. It should be fun! The last of the Alaska “No...
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Andrew McCarthy just completed two days of training in the Super Cub with me. He only needed six hours to complete the basic tailwheel course including some significant crosswind practice on the first day, as we were dealing with the remnants of the strong cold front that blew in on Wednesday night. Despite the bumpy air, Andrew practiced 3 Point and Wheel landings, short and rough field takeoff...
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Ken Wittekiend is an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner, professional flight instructor, aircraft owner and founder of ProMark Aviation Services, a flight training company based in Burnet, Texas.
Ken is a commercial pilot with over 11,000 hours of experience in a wide variety of general aviation aircraft. He began flying in 1970 while attending the University of Texas at Austin.