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Sky Diver Driver: The USPA Safety Day is March 14th. What will you speak about as their pilot?
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Jump Pilot Jobs Available. Thursday, March 5, 2015. The USPA Safety Day is March 14th. What will you speak about as their pilot? The United States Parachute Association (USPA) designates the second Saturday in March of every year to be its Safety Day and this year that happens to be on March 14th. Started in 1997, it is the day that all of the USPA drop zones around the country gather up their employees and skydivers to review safety issues. E sure and write down at least an outline of. One of the most i...
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Sky Diver Driver: History - Civil Jump Planes dropping more than Skydivers
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Jump Pilot Jobs Available. Monday, June 22, 2015. History - Civil Jump Planes dropping more than Skydivers. Twenty years ago NASA teamed up with a Drop Zone near Mojave, California for their X-38 project. The Jump Aircraft that was utilized was a C206. Scaled Composites Inc. built the X-38 test airframes. A very interesting article about the project is found below. Author is unknown. Photos by Jim Ross. Location: Mojave, CA 93501, USA. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Sky Diver Driver - Facebook Group.
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Sky Diver Driver: Jump Flying, the Rotary Version! By Dan Rose
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Jump Pilot Jobs Available. Friday, June 12, 2015. Jump Flying, the Rotary Version! Jump Flying, the Rotary Version! First of all, a little bit about the helicopter and why the appeal to use it as a jump platform? Most fixed wing guys would describe them as 'the dark side of aviation', 'a million bolts flying in lose formation', and I've even been told by the guy who taught me jump flying that by flying rotary I'd be going straight to hell! This is also a good opportunity for a question and answer session...
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Sky Diver Driver: Review - Engine Failure Immediately After Takeoff - C208B (675 SHP)
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Jump Pilot Jobs Available. Saturday, June 20, 2015. Review - Engine Failure Immediately After Takeoff - C208B (675 SHP). A year ago today the Grand Caravan pictured above operated by Grant Aviation crashed. During its takeoff phase of flight in Alaska. Although N208SM did not experience an engine failure, I thought that today would be as good a day as any to review the Emergency Procedures for Engine Failure Immediately After Takeoff. For Cessna Model 208B (675 SHP). Their fear induced large bank angle.
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Sky Diver Driver: Converting your FAA Commercial Certificate to CAA New Zealand License
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Jump Pilot Jobs Available. Saturday, April 25, 2015. Converting your FAA Commercial Certificate to CAA New Zealand License. In order to determine that the appropriate recognition requirements are met, all overseas pilots who seek the issue of a NZ Commercial Pilot License (CPL) or Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL) are required to have their flight experience and qualifications assessed. These assessments are carried out on behalf of the CAA by Aviation Services Ltd. Following completion of the asses...
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Sky Diver Driver: Other Info
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Jump Pilot Jobs Available. If you're new to the skydiving world or you're thinking of becoming a jump pilot or skydiver you're going to have to learn the lingo. As with any industry, there exists unique words and, in common with aviation, the skydiving industry uses quite a few acronyms. Below I listed the most popular words with the definitions in alphabetical order. A maneuver in which a skydiver hangs upside down from the leading edge of a wing. Usually performed from a Cessna 182 or 206. The place wh...
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Sky Diver Driver: 14 Skydivers and Pilot survive emergency landing at Skydive Dubai
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Jump Pilot Jobs Available. Thursday, July 9, 2015. 14 Skydivers and Pilot survive emergency landing at Skydive Dubai. A Grand Caravan owned by Skydive Dubai with 14 Skydivers on-board crash landed at about 8am local time on Tuesday morning. The aircraft had just departed Skydive Dubai's Desert Campus when it was forced to land off runway on the side of a sand dune. April 16, 2016 at 9:47 PM. Thank you for this post. We can bet that every time you hear about a plane having crashed, you shudder. Ma...
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Sky Diver Driver: Skydive Aircraft List
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Jump Pilot Jobs Available. Below you will find a list of Skydive Aircraft or "Jump Planes". Occasionally helicopters, Stearmans, C-130s and even DC-9s are used to fly skydivers. However, this list will only include the current and most common. Aircraft used for skydiving worldwide. I am also not including variants. Of these jump ships ie. the 24 various C182 models. In alphabetical order by manufacturer:. Beech 90 Series - King Air. Cessna 182 - Skylane. Cessna 205 / 206 Skywagon, Stationair. The most co...
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Sky Diver Driver: Resources
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Jump Pilot Jobs Available. Below you will find an informative video produced by the FAA titled "Flying for Skydiving Operations". You will also find a list of helpful resources for Skydive Pilots. Flying for Skydive Operations. By FAA and USPA. To help maintain high safety standard, the FAA and the US Parachute Association have collaborated to create this pamphlet and a video entitled Flying for Skydive Operations. Skydiving Aircraft Operations Manual. This manual fully recognizes and appreciates that sk...
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Sky Diver Driver: Articles
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Jump Pilot Jobs Available. My First Days as a Jump Pilot. After more than 7 years of flying skydivers I thought that I would write an article for anyone that is thinking of becoming a Jump Pilot. I will start by telling the story of the day that I first heard of this world, my first day on the job, followed by a lot of information that you need to know about this exciting job. Why aren't you out getting paid to fly, that's what your Commercial is for! To which I said, "What is a Jump Pilot? I was like...
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