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Gear Up: New Simulator Training for Two Old Friends

** Sweating it out in the SimCom box with Bill
Wyman (center) and Robert Brooks.**
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Key Takeaways:

  • The author recounts a chance radio encounter with a longtime friend, Bill, while flying, highlighting their unique and enduring friendship forged through shared aviation passion and annual recurrent training.
  • The author details their positive experience with SimCom, a simulator training center, emphasizing the personalized instruction, advanced technology (including impressive visuals), and overall high-quality training they received.
  • SimCom's business model focuses on personalized service for owner-operators of various aircraft, from piston twins to light jets, contrasting with larger training companies and catering to a niche market.
  • The author's experience underscores the value of recurrent training, the importance of strong friendships within the aviation community, and the positive impact of a well-run training facility.
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“Whiskey Whiskey, cleared to Jamma Intersection. Hold as published. … ” I hear this as we’re climbing out of Lebanon, New Hampshire, heading to Tampa, Florida, with my 91-year-old mother in the back and at least two low-pressure areas in front of us on the route down the East Coast. The widespread rain and low IFR weather have me glued to the Avidyne EX500, so I just barely hear “Whiskey Whiskey is requesting 10-mile legs.”

“Wait a second,” I think, “that’s Bill.”

Dick Karl

Dick Karl is a cancer surgeon who appreciates the beauty and science involved in both surgery and flying. Dick’s monthly Gear Up celebrates the human side of flying. He writes about his enthusiasm for both the machines and the people who fly and maintain them.

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