VTS Aircraft System Software

In August I started teaching an Aircraft Systems class for Kishwaukee Education Consortium. The class is made up of high school seniors, they are a great group of motivated students.

This is the first year for the system class and it is made up of second year aviation students. We are still working on getting more hands on items for the students to help them understand the things that we are teaching. I have started to use the VTS Aircraft Systems Software to help with some of the visuals. The class was discussing how aircraft instruments work and I used the software to show how the principle of Rigidity In Space worked, it is so much easier to show how something that abstract works instead of trying to just explain it and use my poor artistic abilities to show it.

This software has made it much easier to explain how the systems work. VTS has added short video clips, sounds, and great 3D images. I wish that I had something like this when I started learning to fly or was working on my A&P.

On Final - Runway 15 DuPage(DPA)

I had been out acting as a safety pilot for my friend George when I took this picture. It was a nice clear cold Chicago winter day. The airplane is a Cessna 172SP from the Westosha Flying Club in Wisconsin.

Westosha Flying Club is one of the best run flying clubs around. If only I lived closer I would be a member. They have a nice fleet and great prices, check them out at www.directwfc.com.

Track That Flight

I saw an old college roommate this morning who flys a Beech King Air 200. He flew into DuPage Airport(DPA) from Greensboro(GSO). He told me about a website called Flightaware.com.

This is a great web site for tracking flights by N number, Airline code or airport identifier. You can see how many of a particular type of airplane is in the air, or check out what flights are coming or going into a certain airport. It is worth the time to check it out!

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Soon you will find information on airplanes, airplane things and places to fly. There will also be information on other miscellaneous things that might come to mind.

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