Pilot program could help student achievement, teacher retention at AMS
One of Mallory Carlisle’s seventh-grade students does not feel comfortable reading out loud in front of the class. But if Carlisle sits next to her, the student will read in whispers to her teacher.
Tour of duty: Vietnam helicopter pilots find each other during cross-country road trip
It is 4 o’clock in the afternoon. Jim Nowicki and Chris Oelerich have retreated to the cool darkness of the bar at The Princess as the shock troops of another Mississippi summer make their first advances. The two men, both retired now, are unwinding after a two-week, 3,000-mile car trip through about half the states to see seven of their old buddies.
Mentally stable at 38,000 feet: Can you trust your pilot?
Airline pilots are supposed to be the ones we trust.
School of Easy Flyin’ opens doors in Columbus
The small business Les Pogue began in Columbus recently is one most people will never have a need for. The few who do have a need for it, might not seek it out.
What Pogue offers is something for pilots called “upset recovery training.”
CAFB simulator instructor plays key role in teaching next generation of pilots
When Gregg Havens retired as a lieutenant colonel from the U.S. Air Force after 22 years as a pilot and more than 5,000 hours of flying time, he figured he would spend the rest of his life on the ground.
He was right. Sort of.
Former CAFB pilots recall life-threatening mission
With each mission, a pilot risks not returning. Instructor pilots repeat safety procedures so many times, by the time a student pilot graduates, the procedures are routine.