Flight Level Aviation

Richard L. Collins

Sunday, June 06, 2004 at 08:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

Rich Kaplan's Flight Level Aviation offers intensive instrument flight training for $500 a day, combining his expert instruction with either the student's aircraft or his well-equipped Cessna P210.
The training program features a full-motion flight training device (FTD) at Waynesburg, PA, which excels in teaching GPS proficiency using actual avionics and is valuable for simulating engine failures and instrument malfunctions.
While the FTD's motion and visual systems are basic, the overall training provides a challenging and comprehensive "workout" for instrument pilots, offering significant value for recurrent or advanced skill development and recognized by insurance companies.

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A training hurricane in western Pennsylvania

I had been flying the full-motion flight training device (FTD) for a few minutes and was lining up for an ILS to Runway 4 at New York La Guardia when I asked Rich Kaplan, proprietor of Flight Level Aviation, the name of the hurricane in which we were flying. The motion system was grunting, groaning and pitching like a rutting hog, and the instruments were dancing around like crazy.