King Schools announced the promotion of Kim Hanson to business leader of professional pilot courses. “We developed this course to help fill that gap in aviation training,” she said. Martha King added that many pilots have taxied in from a long flight to find themselves receiving marshalling instructions they do not remember or understand. Like any other phase of flight, risk management is also a vital part of taxiing and parking safely, so we cover risk management best practices while on the ground too.” “From start-up and departure to arrival and shut-down, this course has the common signals, as well as specialty and seldom-used signals. “A pilot may see many different marshalling signals at a busy airport or event, so we cover them all,” John King said. The 20-minute video can be accessed on the King Schools website. The free video course, Understanding Aircraft Marshalling, is designed to help pilots quickly learn the signals used by individuals marshalling aircraft on a busy airport ramp. “This is our 5th year of partnering with King Schools, and we have been fortunate to have an incredible list of recipients who all remain dedicated instructors.”Īpplications for the 2022 National Association of Flight Instructors and King Schools Scholarship will be available in August, with a submission deadline of January 2, 2022. Meder added that past winners of the scholarship “continue to have a really positive influence” on aviation. I plan to constantly be aware of my opportunities to promote and encourage pilots.” It could be as simple as a little bit of encouragement. Maybe that’s giving an hour or two of free instruction or perhaps it’s an invitation to go fly for lunch somewhere. “I am so grateful for those people in my life and am excited that as an instructor I will to be able to help aspiring pilots and share my passion for flying,” he said. In the announcement, Reenders expanded on his aviation experience, reminiscing about taking his first flight as a youngster with his father, recalling the lifelong passion for flying that ensued, and noting the many opportunities he was offered while growing up in California’s San Joaquin Valley to explore aviation. In a news release about the award, John King noted his expectation that Reenders “will make a profound and lasting contribution to the aviation community.” You will be mentors of mine in the future, and I’m very excited,” he said. The resources you provide make this possible. It differs from unit to unit sometimes but in the Marines we had a team member as well as a team leader so one you could relay to the pilot where the guy checking the tires was and tell him to stop if he accidentally starts rolling with someone crossing underneath the engines.“I want to thank John and Martha and the NAFI crew. If the brakes are too hot though, you’ll point at the tire your team member signals is too hot with one hand and make a waving motion like something stinks in front of your face.Įdit: found a video of someone doing it. Then you tell him to throttle up his engines, taxi forward, and you send him/her on their way and salute them. Your foot in this situation is your “brake”. To signal that they are good and he can proceed on, you flair out one of your heels to the side upwards and slap it with your hand and then give the pilot a thumbs up. Working on military jets, you have a crew member go in and feel around the tires to ensure the brakes aren’t too hot from the landing after your team leader, the guy doing the hand signals, stops the aircraft near the taxiway.
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