Instructing Isn’t for Everyone, but It Gives You Great Skills
Airline pilot and instructor Sam Weigel takes a look at the recent accident involving a CFI and student who flew into a thunderstorm in a Piper PA-28 Cherokee and died.
The article, authored by airline pilot and instructor Sam Weigel, analyzes a recent fatal accident where a flight instructor and student died after flying a Piper PA-28 Cherokee into a thunderstorm.
Weigel uses this unfortunate event as a springboard to discuss the significant benefits and valuable skills that flight instructing provides for aspiring professional pilots.
Airline pilot and instructor Sam Weigel takes a look at the recent accident involving a CFI and student who flew into a thunderstorm in a Piper PA-28 Cherokee and died. Weigel goes through the positive aspects of instructing and how the experience can give pilots great skills for future professional flying.
Sam Weigel has been an airplane nut since an early age, and when he's not flying the Boeing 737 for work, he enjoys going low and slow in vintage taildraggers. He and his wife live west of Seattle, where they are building an aviation homestead on a private 2,400-foot grass airstrip.
