by khollerb | Aug 2, 2023 | pilot
Teaching cadets to fly! I just spent 2 weeks as CFI at the Desert Eagle National Flight Academy in eastern Washington. I had a great time with my 4 cadets in our Cessna 172S model. Nineteen cadets were put through an exhausting schedule of daily flight training and...
by khollerb | Jan 15, 2023 | pilot
Last year I didn’t have a chance to do many updates… it was a busy year. Among other things, I worked on several new certifications. In 2022, I became an Advanced Ground Instructor (FAA certificated). In January 2023, after some outstanding training at US...
by khollerb | Feb 25, 2022 | pilot
On a recent February weekend, I attended an sUAS course in Dublin, California, on Advanced sUAS Standard Test Methods, which was the first ever course on NIST standards for BVLOS and night flights, by organized / taught by APSA, the Airborne Public Safety Association....
by khollerb | Feb 15, 2022 | pilot
Recently, we had a lot of fun flying search and rescue (SAR) dogs and their handlers. I got to fly with 3 teams out of Concord airport (CCR), including incredible dogs Zoom, Hope and Yindi. These teams are all members of the California Rescue Dog Association....
by khollerb | Dec 15, 2021 | pilot
In October, I took a couple of CAP members, including one of our Incident Commanders (IC’s), to an area where we could do some UAS imaging of a burn area from a prior wildfire, the SCU Lightning Complex. The goal was training – including training of the...
by khollerb | Dec 15, 2021 | pilot
In June 2020, I attended the Airborne Public Safety Association (APSA) training course for proctors for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards for sUAS basic pilot proficiency. The course was held in Dublin at the Alameda County...
