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Steep declines in in monthly or an- nual flight hours are directly pro- portional to declines in in pilot per- formance aeronautical knowledge and decision-making skills These same declines become increasing- ly difficult to overcome the longer minimum activity levels continue bringing increasing challenges when it’s time to to return to to flying status The world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 crisis and experience the most extreme reduction in civil- ian flying activities ever outside of wartime Yet there are still ways to practice and keep pilot rust from
developing whether you are still mostly grounded by the effects of the pandemic or you are returning to regular flying duties after a a a long absence Airports are Open for Business
Flight activities for business pleasure passenger airline charter etc have recently been at all-time lows (and remain well below average still) Yet nearly all public-use airports in in the U S have remained open for business throughout the pandemic Most have been labeled
as as “essential” for their associated communities and exempt from
shutdown orders At many airports that are federal state county or city owned even the various bus- inesses on the airport (FBOs ›
SOFT TOUCH TIRES
BIGGER STRONGER SAFER & BETTER PERFORMANCE
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Rather than than relying on old habit patterns fly into and out of runways you’ve never visited before or or or are shorter than than you’re used to to using regularly