Airplane Landings
Whether you’re sitting in an airport restaurant gazing out at the runway or maybe standing at a small airport with your nose poked through the chain-link fence watching airplane landings …
Strange Aviation Sounds Small-Airplane Passengers (and Pilots) Hear
Passengers in big airliners hear certain aviation sounds that have become commonplace in our flying experience. They hear machine made aviation sounds (like the engines humming as the jet flies through …
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Strange Things Small Airplane Passengers See And Feel
Even without having ever been in a functional airplane, Leonardo Da Vinci observed, For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for …
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How Pilots Should Talk to Non-Pilots
Pilots necessarily have a significant aeronautical vocabulary that has been refined for decades. Much of it is formalized in the Pilot/Controller Glossary (Federal Aviation Administration, 2014) and in the Airman’s Information …
What Passengers Can Do in Small Plane Emergencies
Let’s begin with this: Airplane accidents and incidents, whether in a relatively small plane like a four-seater or in giant airliners, are incredibly-rare events and, despite the common fiction, people …
How a Private Pilot Gets Ready for a Flight
In the outstanding TV series Sky King, which ran from 1951 to 1962, “Sky” would rush out to his twin-engine Cessna, the Songbird, start her up, and spring into the …
2018 AIR RACE CLASSIC
California Aeronautical University has been presented with a fantastic and exciting opportunity to participate in the Air Race Classic on June 19-22, 2018. The Air Race Classic allows collegiate teams to participate …
The Easy and Hard Parts of Learning to Fly
Remember back when you were learning how to drive? At the beginning, it was probably kind of confusing, especially if you were trying to learn on a stick shift. How fast …
Potential Distractions in the Cockpit
In commercial airline flights these days the cabin where the pilots are located is always locked up and secured, allowing the pilot and co-pilot to fly the plane without distractions. …
California Aeronautical University 2018 Top Hawk University
Each year, ten of our nation’s top performing aviation universities are invited by Textron-Cessna to apply for the Top Hawk program. Of those ten, only five are selected for Top …
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New Programs and CAU – Bachelors in Aviation Business Admin and MBA
California Aeronautical University is excited to announce three new program offerings! CAU now accepting applications for the Bachelor of Science in Aviation Business Management, Master of Business Administration (MBA). Students …
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Airline Cadet Programs – What Are They?
The world of professional aviation can take many forms from airliners to corporate flying, career flight instructing to skydiving operations. The largest portion of university students hoping to become professional …
Much anticipated Top Hawk aircraft delivered to California Aeronautical University
Result of winning national aviation university competition For more information: Call (661) 615-5915 / Monica Raymond After selecting California Aeronautical University as a 2018 Top Hawk University, Textron Aviation Inc., …
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Dead Bug Landings
Most fields of endeavor have tricks of the trade or rules of thumb that help practitioners take care of business more easily. For example, one trick to parallel-parking a normal …
Great Flight Instructor Or Horrible Flight Instructor
Thinking about becoming a pilot? Anyone who wants to fly needs to be taught by a competent instructor. If you’re not in the military, you get to choose who will …
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Alpha Eta Rho Welcomes New Chapter from CAU
California Aeronautical University has announced its partnership with the Alpha Eta Rho aviation fraternity, creating the new Alpha Sigma Psi chapter of the fraternity after an official initiation ceremony on …
7 Things Passengers Should Know About Small Planes
People pretty much know how to behave as passengers on a jetliner as opposed to small planes. Sure, some people, the outliers, do ridiculous things like argue with and threaten …
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How Regular People Can Become A Pilot
Every person over two years of age has some kind of feeling and wonder about airplanes. If an airplane is flying over our heads, and if it is low enough, …
The Awesome and Surprising Experience of Flying an Airplane
Unlike actually flying an airplane, virtually all of us have been passengers in one. If we’re in an airliner, we watch the flight attendants move around the cabin and act …
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Taking a First Time Passenger Flying
A freshly-minted pilot’s first thought is invariably very exciting: I want to take my friends or family up into the air while I’m at the controls! Of course, there’s another …