Flightline Aerial Services LLC :: Recurrent TBM Training and Fractional Sales

TBM 700/850 Recurrent Training Available

Our Product: Recurrent TBM Training
The TBM 700/850 is a turboprop aircraft that just happens to be one of the most versatile, useful, and exciting planes on the general aviation market. After learning to fly it to your insurance company's satisfaction through intensive initial training, the recurrent training you need every year should build on your skills. That's where Flightline Aerial Services can help you—we offer a unique, insurance-approved course of recurrent TBM training at a better price than the one you get at existing schools.

A Different Approach
Most TBM pilots have already experienced the comprehensive simulation environment at existing schools and how it points out their areas of challenge in piloting the TBM. At Flightline Aerial Services we offer a different approach, and have prepared a program with a much stronger instructional component. Instead of focusing principally on evaluating the skills of a pilot, we are ready to expand
on them. We don't just evaluate, we teach.

State of the Art Flight Simulators
Our flight simulators are two powerful tools in the training at Flightline Aerial Services. Our giant, multi-screen, TBM-specific flight simulator gives pilots one of the most realistic experiences available n Offer ext to actually flying a TBM. The excellent graphics of its panorama of screens are perfect for teaching situational awareness and scanning, and the flexibility and ease of changing conditions make it ideal for teaching procedures and scenarios.

FAS also makes use of a unique flight simulator specifically designed to train pilots how to deal with crosswinds. Completely unlike other simulators, the Xwind 200 simulator is mounted on rails and moves across the floor, tipping and turning to simulate the feel and look of a real crosswind landing. Since pilots typically get very little experience in crosswind landing in a real plane, this is an excellent way to learn to respond to the unpredictable roll, yaw, and drift of a strong crosswind. The crosswind simulator is invaluable in building the stick and rudder skills to land in strong and unpredictable winds. And since crosswinds are the number one weather-related cause of airplane crashes, it is crucial to develop the expertise to deal with them. Our Xwind simulator is a vital part of the safety package that we offer.

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TBM Specialists

We are exclusively focused on the TBM and no other aircraft. We have culled years of experience with the plane into a training manual that is an excellent supplement to the one you received with your initial training on the TBM. Our manual is a reference for the real world, a compilation of the most pertinent information to keep in mind regarding your airplane. This is the information you will be referring to again and again, the stuff which is most relevant to the operation of the TBM.

The manual includes a slew of tips from the go-to mechanic who specializes in TBM maintenance and repair -- everything that he thinks a TBM pilot should be on guard for. It also includes a listing of what we call the "gotchas" - piloting problems and issues specific to the TBM, and common points of confusion.

Beyond this instruction in real world maintenance and real world systems knowledge, we give TBM pilots a chance to go beyond the automatic pilot and to explore the capabilities of their aircraft.

Safety, safety, safety

It is vital that the exhilaration of flight be balanced by a thorough grounding in safety procedures. If the pilots who come to us have missed out on any part of what they need to know, we can remedy that, and teach them:

Crew Resource Management for single pilot operation, a set of protocols to ensure effective cockpit organization and to create an environment in which safety concerns are channeled properly.
The Box, which is a technique to help a student understand his/her own limitations, and those of the aircraft.
How to recognize the "links in a chain" -- the events and conditions leading up to an incident or accident.
Scenario-based training - which include hand flying (VFR and IFR), missed approach procedures, instrument scanning, holding entry, holding procedures, and unusual instrument approaches.