79. Having a Field Day

Practice is the stuff of prevention when it comes to avoiding bad outcomes in flying. There is a catch, however: If your practice isn’t fully thought through, it can create exactly the situation you’re trying to prevent. Now you have little more than your reaction time to pick the strategy that separates a survivable ending […]

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1. Watch The Overview

2. Evaluate Your Options

3. Make Your Choice

4. Learn From The Instructor

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5. Listen To The Roundtable

Listen in as our team of instructors discuss and debate the details of this scenario.

Catherine Cavagnaro
Choice 1
David Gagliardi
Choice 2*
Colleen Sterling
Choice 2/3
Wally Moran
Choice 2
Dave Hirschman
Choice 2/3
Kevin Plante
Choice 1
Jeff Van West (Moderator)

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7. Take The Bonus Quiz

In this month’s scenario, in your PA-24 Comanche, you’re practicing simulated engine-out approaches to fields suitable for making a forced landing, should your one and only engine fail. Test your knowledge about selecting an emergency landing spot for a forced landing by taking this quiz.

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Catherine Cavagnaro (CFI-I, MEI, ATP, DPE) offers spin and aerobatic instruction in addition to her position as Professor of Mathematics at Sewanee. She is a monthly contributor to AOPA Pilot Magazine and serves as a Designated Pilot Examiner for the Nashville FSDO. Catherine is the 2020 FAA Certificated Flight Instructor of the Year and the 2018 FAA Safety Representative of the Year. In 2018 she was inducted into the Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame.