A Suitcase at Terminal Velocity and the Traffic Pattern

A Bird in the Hand can be Messy

by | May 15, 2023 | Blog

A BIRD IN THE HAND CAN BE MESSY Pilots can’t help watching airplanes in flight, other pilots land, and birds. Of course, birds are the real aviators. They come in many different configurations just like airplanes. Some are restricted to land operations only while...
A Suitcase at Terminal Velocity and the Traffic Pattern

Go With The Flow

by | May 1, 2023 | Blog

Go With The Flow In the early 1980s we were flying Shorts Brothers SD-30 aircraft in scheduled passenger service. This was “back in the Day” when there were commuter airlines who did the job of what we now refer to as the regional airlines. The commuters were much...
A Suitcase at Terminal Velocity and the Traffic Pattern

$100 Safety Flights

by | Apr 14, 2023 | Blog

$100 Safety Flight Do you have topics or areas of operation/interest in aviation that you would like to refresh your memory on or learn more about? A $100 Safety Flight may be right for you! At VFA, we understand that flying requires a lot of active skill and...
A Suitcase at Terminal Velocity and the Traffic Pattern

When the Going gets Rough, do you VA or VB?

by | Apr 3, 2023 | Blog

ARE YOU UPSET?  We almost instinctively slow down when the air becomes uncomfortably bumpy. I think it’s safe to say that most of us slow down when driving a car when the road gets rough, the motivation being not to break something expensive. The experience of...