Benson AWOS E95

Benson now has an AWOS, Its gone through all of its testing and is now fully operational.

freq 118.475
phone (520) 586-4409

We are moving up in the world! Hopefully we can get some instrument approaches sometime in future.

CFI Status

I have recently renewed my CFI/CFII license and can teach Private Pilot, Instrument, High performance, Commercial, CFI and CFII Licenses.

I am currently taking on students at Southwestern Aviation in Benson Arizona.

If you want flight instruction in your own aircraft I am also available.

Call my cell (619) 675-4570

Study Gouges

Here are a few study gouges that I have created over the last couple of years of instructing. Feel free to comment if they need revision or are inaccurate. All items are in word or acrobat format.

Pilot Certification Privileges & Limitations

• Student Pilot
• Recreational Pilot
• Sport Pilot (Coming Soon)
• Private Pilot
  
• Commercial Pilot
• Certified Flight Instructor

Airspace

• Airspace Types & Flashcards
  

Communication Procedures

• Private Pilot Communications Procedures (Class B, C, D & G Airspace)

Useful Links

Weather

• Intellicast Weather - A good starting point for the whole picture and provides good WSI Radar imagry
  
• Aviation Digital Data Service - Excellent for deciphering complicated sigmets and airmets by putting text reports into pictures.
  
• Duats - Official FAA Weather, A free service to all pilots and a must visit before any cross country flight.
  
• Real Time Weather Data - This is the best site for satellite images, forecast products and advanced weather tools.

Flight Planning & Tracking

• AirNav - Provides all sorts of airport information including fuel prices, frequencies, FBO telephone numbers and more.
  
• FltPlan - Quickly create and file IFR flight plans and get official weather for your route.
• Flight Aware - Track all commercial and general aviation IFR and some VFR flights.
• DynCorp Graphical TFRs - The best site I've found to locate Temporary Flight Restrictions.
• Runway Finder - Uses the google maps interface with VFR sectionals.
  

Youth Aviation Groups & Scholarships

• Gillespie Field Eagles
• Youth in Aviation Scholarship
  
• Civil Air Patrol
  

Written Exam Prep

• My Written Exam - Free updated quizzes of current FAA questions for Private, Instrument and Commercial written exams. Allows student to send results of the exam to their flight instructor via email.
  

Aviation News

• AvWeb - The best online magazine, it'll keep you current with the industry in a general aviation flavor.

Aviation Instructional Tools

• Luiz Monteiro - Aviation Calculators and Flash Based Navigation Simulators for VOR, NDB, and RMI.