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Commercial Pilot ACS Review - Part 4 Oct 20, 2022

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Join me as I complete the Commercial Pilot ACS Series. The commercial pilot checkride is just like any other FAA practical test and uses the Airman Certification Standards. This test evaluates your knowledge and skills as a pilot to make sure you have what it takes to fly for compensation. In the fourth and final episode of the series, I discuss the Commercial ACS Appendix, which has some amplifying remarks on previously discussed Areas of Operation. Thank you for all the feedback, I look forward to hearing more! If you have anything you would like to share, please email me at: sethlake@vsl.aero. I look forward to hearing from you!

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Commercial Pilot ACS Review - Part 3 Jul 26, 2022

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Join me as I continue the Commercial Pilot ACS Series. The commercial pilot checkride is just like any other FAA practical test and uses the Airman Certification Standards. This test evaluates your knowledge and skills as a pilot to make sure you have what it takes to fly for compensation. In the third episode of the series, I discuss Area of Operations 5-11. These areas cover Performance Maneuvers, Navigation, Slow Flight and Stalls, High Altitude Operations, Emergency Operations and Postflight Procedure tasks! I would love to hear your feedback on the shows. If you have anything you would like to share, please email me at: sethlake@vsl.aero. I look forward to hearing from you!

Commercial Pilot ACS Review - Part 2 Jun 10, 2022

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I would love to hear your feedback on the shows. If you have anything you would like to share please email me at: sethlake@vsl.aero I look forward to hearing from you!

Commercial Pilot ACS Review - Part 1 Apr 22, 2022

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Join me as I start the Commercial Pilot ACS Series. The commercial pilot checkride is just like any other FAA practical test and uses the Airman Certification Standards. This test evaluates your knowledge and skills as a pilot to make sure you have what it takes to fly for compensation. In this first episode of the series, I discuss Area of Operation I. Preflight Preparation which is what DPEs use to conduct the oral, or ground portion of the checkride. Stay tuned for at least 3 more shows in the commercial pilot series.

I would love to hear your feedback on the shows. If you have anything you would like to share please email me at: sethlake@vsl.aero I look forward to hearing from you!

https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_61-142.pdf

https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC%20120-12A.pdf

https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_91-37B.pdf

http://avoidillegalcharter.com/

https://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/airline_certification/135_certification/cert_process/

https://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/safe_charter_operations

GPS/WAAS/RNAV/RNP - An Introduction Apr 02, 2022

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Join me as I discuss the alphabet soup of terminology surrounding the world of GPS/RNAV. I know these terms can cause more than a little confusion for the new instrument pilot. I'm hoping that this short explainer helps introduce the new instrument pilot.

Checkout Max Trescott's excellent podcast on the different kinds of RNAV approaches here: Aviation News Talk EP146

Contact me at seth@vsl.aero with any of your feedback. I would love to hear from you!

TERPS – Obstacle Departure Procedures (Instrument Checkride Prep) Mar 08, 2022

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Join me as I discuss non-standard takeoff minimums, ODPs, and TERPS. It's also a topic that might come up in your instrument checkride, and being prepared to answer questions on non-standard takeoff minimums and ODPs is a must!

Check out the VSL Aviation YouTube videos!

Email: seth@vsl.aero

ForeFlight and your Instrument Checkride Feb 26, 2022

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Join me in this episode, where I discuss how you can use ForeFlight to help you be successful during your Instrument Checkride! Did you know the FAA doesn't produce the FAR/AIM? Did you know that ForeFlight has a cloud-based server containing everything the paper commercial FAR/AIM does? Learn how to set up your ForeFlight documents library and some tactics you can use during your checkride to maximize your chances of success!

Contact me at: seth@vsl.aero with your feedback and questions.

Instrument Pilot ACS Review - Part 3 Feb 01, 2022

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This is part 3 of a 3 part series on the Instrument Pilot ACS. Join me as I take a deep dive into the ACS from an examiner's perspective and discuss how I use this document to conduct an instrument checkride. If you plan to take your instrument practical test, you don't want to miss this!

https://www.youtube.com/c/SethLakeDPE

https://www.facebook.com/VSLAviation

https://vsl.aero

Instrument Pilot ACS Review - Part 2 Jan 07, 2022

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This is part 2 of a 3 part series on the Instrument Pilot ACS. Join me as I take a deep dive into the ACS from an examiner's perspective and discuss how I use this document to conduct an instrument checkride. If you plan to take your instrument practical test, you don't want to miss this!

https://www.youtube.com/c/SethLakeDPE

https://www.facebook.com/VSLAviation

https://vsl.aero

Instrument Pilot ACS Review - Part 1 Dec 14, 2021

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This is part 1 of at least a 3 part series on the Instrument Pilot ACS. Join me as I take a deep dive into the ACS from an examiner's perspective and discuss how I use this document to conduct an instrument checkride. If you plan to take your instrument practical test, you don't want to miss this!

https://www.youtube.com/c/SethLakeDPE

https://www.facebook.com/VSLAviation

https://vsl.aero

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