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Malcolm Dickinson

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Certified flight instructor and commercial pilot, rated in all categories of aircraft. I specialize in primary instruction in airplanes and gliders; gyroplanes; and transition instruction in Lake Amphibians (seaplanes). As a search-and-rescue pilot with Civil Air Patrol and the Coast Guard Auxiliary, I can offer information on joining and flying with those organizations.

Experience in the area

Experience: As a pilot, earning ratings in all categories of aircraft, including rotorcraft and lighter-than-air. As a flight instructor, instructing eight high-school aged Civil Air Patrol cadets

What do you like about this subject?

The freedom of flying, the beauty of the earth from above, the adventure of learning to fly, and the challenge of and making every flight as safe as possible.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

To fly coordinated, you need right rudder when your nose is high - but did you know that you need LEFT rudder during a descent?

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Neil	04/25/09	9	10	9	10
David	04/25/09	10	10	10	10
David	03/12/09	10	10	10	10	Wow, that helps aaaalllllooooottt! thank you.
Amjad	10/20/08	10	10	10	10
harkeerat bhamra	01/20/08	10	10	10	10	thank u for all ure help

Recent Answers from Malcolm Dickinson

2009-04-14 Gyrocopter requirements:

Yes, in order to fly a gyroplane (a.k.a. gyrocopter) you would need to add a gyroplane rating to your pilot certificate. This requires about 8 days of training from a gyroplane flight instructor. Sorry

2009-03-12 Just one more thing,:

Standard college scholarships pay only for tuition, room, board, books, and could not be used for flight training. There are many flight training scholarships available but of course there are also

2009-02-23 Where to get pilot training:

Hi David, Any flight school at any airport can give you the training required for your private, instrument, and commercial certificates. If all you need is the commercial pilot certificate, then you

2007-12-01 airport airspace:

As you read in 91.113(g), aircraft on final DO have right of way over aircraft on other legs of the pattern. However at an non-towered airport, calling "10 mile final" is contrary to the advice given by

2007-09-09 Private Pilots License:

Almost all airplane accidents are caused by human error. The vast majority of private pilots will fly their entire career without a single accident. When accidents do occur, they are usually due to one

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