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DEBRIEF

A pilot's perspective
“DON'T GET discouraged— we've all been there.”

FLYING SCRIBE

DALE BROWN

Readers of Dale Brown’s military thrillers won’t be surprised to know that the prolific author is a pilot, and flies general aviation airplanes. His characters often are pilots, and the sense of realism in his aviation prose is unusually accurate. Brown’s military background goes back almost as far as his interest in writing—and flying.

NAME: Dale Brown POSITION: Author TOTAL FLIGHT HOURS: 3,800 hours, 1,900 of it civilian EXTRA: Brown’s next novel, A Time for Patriots, is scheduled to be released later this year.

STARTED IN AVIATION…My dad used to take us out to Buffalo Airport and we’d lie on the hood of the car in the approach path watching airplanes land. The noise, the size, the smell, the vibration—I was hooked! FAVORITE AVIATION MEMORIES… On my sixteenth birthday, I hitchhiked to Niagara Falls Airport to take a $20 intro flight. The flight instructor did a full stall and a half-spin right over the falls, and I knew I had to become a pilot. My first solo, I was at Hanscom AFB in Massachusetts, alone for the first time in a Piper Warrior—and number two behind a C–5 Galaxy. The three-minute wake turbulence wait I

had to do was the longest three minutes in my life.   LEAST FAVORITE…The most terrifying was my first encounter with structural ice in a light airplane. Flying from Vegas to Sacramento over the Sierra Nevada in a Piper Saratoga, summertime, blue skies everywhere except for some clouds over the mountains. I came out of the clouds covered with ice and unable to hold altitude. Fortunately the mountains were sloping away faster than my descent rate. FAVORITE AIRPLANE…The FB–111A Aardvark. Sleek, fast, hot-looking, didn’t have to wear a parachute—and

the navigator had a stick and throttles! You didn’t sit in a ’Vark—you wore it! Flying supersonic at 200 feet above the desert at Red Flag in the FB–111A, daring the F–4 to come down and chase us. ADVICE FOR STUDENTS…Verbalize your actions out loud—ask lots of questions, ask for demonstrations. During the drive to the airport, visualize what you plan to do on the flight. Visualize in detail, not just, “I’m going to take off, shoot an approach to KXYZ, land, have lunch, fly home.” Visualize doing the preflight, taxi, takeoff, climbout. Even visualize putting the airplane away and wiping bugs off the wings.

JEFF ROSS

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Flight Training - June 2011

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Flight Training - June 2011

Flight Training - June 2011
Contents
President’s Perspective
Right Seat
Letters
The Case for Flying High
This Weekend
Success Story What It Looks Like
News Tech Tip
AOPA Action
Since You Asked
News
Final Exam
Training Products ASI News
Member Products
AOPA Action
Insights
Flying Carpet
Kiss the Runway
Lessons Learned
Technique
Weather
Accident Report
Flight Lesson
Do They Drive Like This?
Career Advisor
Tech Talk
Think Before You Speak
Reasonable Expectations
Advertiser Index
Down to Earth
Debrief
Flight Training - June 2011 - Flight Training - June 2011
Flight Training - June 2011 - Cover2
Flight Training - June 2011 - Contents
Flight Training - June 2011 - 2
Flight Training - June 2011 - 3
Flight Training - June 2011 - President’s Perspective
Flight Training - June 2011 - 5
Flight Training - June 2011 - Right Seat
Flight Training - June 2011 - 7
Flight Training - June 2011 - Letters
Flight Training - June 2011 - 9
Flight Training - June 2011 - The Case for Flying High
Flight Training - June 2011 - 11
Flight Training - June 2011 - This Weekend
Flight Training - June 2011 - Success Story What It Looks Like
Flight Training - June 2011 - News Tech Tip
Flight Training - June 2011 - AOPA Action
Flight Training - June 2011 - Since You Asked
Flight Training - June 2011 - 17
Flight Training - June 2011 - News
Flight Training - June 2011 - Final Exam
Flight Training - June 2011 - Training Products ASI News
Flight Training - June 2011 - Member Products
Flight Training - June 2011 - AOPA Action
Flight Training - June 2011 - Insights
Flight Training - June 2011 - Flying Carpet
Flight Training - June 2011 - 25
Flight Training - June 2011 - Kiss the Runway
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Flight Training - June 2011 - 30
Flight Training - June 2011 - 31
Flight Training - June 2011 - Lessons Learned
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Flight Training - June 2011 - 34
Flight Training - June 2011 - 35
Flight Training - June 2011 - Technique
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Flight Training - June 2011 - 39
Flight Training - June 2011 - Weather
Flight Training - June 2011 - 41
Flight Training - June 2011 - Accident Report
Flight Training - June 2011 - 43
Flight Training - June 2011 - Flight Lesson
Flight Training - June 2011 - Do They Drive Like This?
Flight Training - June 2011 - Career Advisor
Flight Training - June 2011 - 47
Flight Training - June 2011 - Tech Talk
Flight Training - June 2011 - Think Before You Speak
Flight Training - June 2011 - Reasonable Expectations
Flight Training - June 2011 - 51
Flight Training - June 2011 - Down to Earth
Flight Training - June 2011 - 53
Flight Training - June 2011 - 54
Flight Training - June 2011 - 55
Flight Training - June 2011 - Debrief
Flight Training - June 2011 - Cover3
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