Contact information, map and directions, contact form, opening hours, services, ratings, photos, videos and announcements from ACT Flight School, Flight School, 14421 Airport Pkwy, Saint Petersburg, FL.
I Provide Flight Training for:
- Private Pilot Certificate
- Instrument Rating
- Commercial Pilot Certificate
- Certified Flight Instructor Certificate (CFI)
09/18/2020
Look at these breathtaking pictures while driving in the sky. You cannot beat this classroom view. Even if you want flying to be an expensive hobby, the views are truly worth everything sacrificed.
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09/16/2020
For most pilots, it’s difficult for them to visualize complex 3D airspace using a 2D Sectional Chart. This is an excerpt of my website that shows the 3D model of each airspace, VFR cloud clearances & visibility, required equipment, required pilot qualifications, airspeed restrictions, and types clearances for each airspace designated for airports. See the airspace page on my website for more airspace information!
This is how I made the video on the Altimeter Demonstration. Countless hours and a lot of 3D modeling experience.
Take note that every second in this video is roughly 2 minutes lapsing in the process of making this.
I consider this a hobby of mine, and if it helps others in any way, then it’s absolutely worth the time energy and patience.
09/07/2020
Here are the three instruments I’ve recreated as 3D models in order to further demonstrate how they operate. They’re accurate to the actual instruments and mimic the functions exactly in order to give a real-world understanding of their function.
09/07/2020
PDF I made on what can be commonly expected before, during, and after frontal passage.
See more on my website in the library
At my apartment, I was able to capture a time lapse of a cumulonimbus during the developing, mature, and dissipating stages.
This entire process was 2 hours, and as you can see, violent updrafts building the cloud tens of thousands of feet high.
What’s inside?
- Heavy Precipitation
- Severe Turbulence
- Heavy convective action
- Excessive updrafts and downdrafts
- Potential microbursts
- Wind shear
- Temperature inversion
- Vortices
- Potential hail
- Lightning
As a pilot, a good general rule of thumb is to circumnavigate at least 20 miles away from a large thunderstorm
09/03/2020
Here’s the PA-28-181 Archer II fuel system diagram I made recently.
I used real images of the fuel systems (strainer, primer, pumps, etc.) and essentially traced over them to give the most realistic system diagram for pilots. This allows them to see what these things really look like as an accurate diagram.
The POH (Pilot’s Operating Handbook) includes an obscure diagram, that, may get the point across, but the student remembers a circle representing a fuel pump vs seeing the gear which connects to the engine in order for the system to be engine driven.
As a visual learner myself, I find it imperative that students are provided with the best visual depictions of complex subjects in order to further understand the matter at hand.
See my website for more animations, diagrams, 3D models, and videos! Link in my bio
A universal fundamental constant in aviation that all pilots need to know: A relatively high pressure area always “seeks” a relatively low pressure area. In other words “High seeks Low”
This principle is relevant for all weather phenomena, winds, lift, the carburetor, some stall indicators, and more.
More coming soon.
Questions on this topic? Leave a comment, message me, or send an email. I’d love to help!