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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.

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Key Takeaways:

  • Sam Weigel's article examines a recent fatal accident where a flight instructor and student died after flying into a thunderstorm in a Piper PA-28 Cherokee.
  • Weigel also highlights the positive aspects of flight instructing, noting how it helps pilots develop valuable skills for future professional flying careers.
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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

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.

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