The WINGS Pilot Proficiency Program is a voluntary pilot training and safety initiative supported by the FAA Safety Team (stylized FAASTeam) division of...
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degrees to recognize completion of various stages of the FAA's WINGS Pilot Proficiency Program. U.S. federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies may...
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Aviator badge (redirect from Pilot's wings)
degrees to recognize completion of various stages of the FAA's WINGS Pilot Proficiency Program. U.S. federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies may...
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Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved 2020-06-29. "WINGS – Pilot Proficiency Program". U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2013-11-24...
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and Participant. MICEP is approved for credit under the FAA WINGS Pilot Proficiency Program, and can be used to renew an unexpired flight instructor certificate...
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separate nonprofit, tax exempt organization promoting safety and pilot proficiency in general aviation through quality training, education, research...
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Commercial astronaut (section Astronaut Wings)
practice of awarding "Commercial Astronaut Wings" to commercial pilots who have demonstrated the requisite proficiency. The content of 14 CFR Part 460 implies...
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The Flying/Aviation Cadet Pilot Training Program was originally created by the U.S. Army to train its pilots. Originally created in 1907 by the U.S. Army...
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U.S. Air Force aeronautical rating (redirect from Command Pilot Wings)
silver wings in 1944 to avoid confusion with naval aviator badges. The USAF awards pilot ratings at three levels: Pilot, Senior Pilot, and Command Pilot, to...
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Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP; also Women's Army Service Pilots or Women's Auxiliary Service Pilots) was a civilian women pilots' organization, whose...
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Cadet program underwent a transformation to reflect the changing needs of Canada and the cadets. The Air Cadet League introduced awards for proficiency and...
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Enrichment Program. They were later used as proficiency aircraft for all B-52, B-1, Lockheed SR-71, U-2, Boeing KC-135, and KC-10 pilots. SAC's successors...
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recognised International Pilot Proficiency Information/Identification card. The IPPI specifies five stages of paragliding proficiency, from the entry level...
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aircraft. NIFE flights can be waived based on proficiency for students entering training with a private pilot license. After the flight phase, students will...
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Area 51 (section U-2 program)
most often during early evening hours, when airline pilots flying west saw the U-2's silver wings reflect the setting sun, giving the aircraft a "fiery"...
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Sean D. Tucker (category Aerobatic pilots)
recognition and recovery training, aerobatic proficiency training, a low-level aerobatic mentorship program, and formation aerobatic flight training. In...
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a plane. The Wing Scout program was not for show, participating girls took it very seriously. As a result of their proficient training and ability, Senior...
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Continental Airlines Flight 1713 (category Airliner accidents and incidents caused by pilot error)
earlier; he had previously flown for Rio Airways and passed his initial proficiency check in the DC-9 in mid-September. He had 3,186 flight hours, but only...
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Richard G. Thomas (category United States Naval Test Pilot School alumni)
– June 19, 2006) was an American test pilot, who flew the Tacit Blue, and several spin tests on the F-5F program, including the first flights on both aircraft...
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traffic control; operates the air terminal; schedules administrative and proficiency flights; repairs and maintains station ground electronics equipment;...
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active pilots per year. Most pilots learn at recognised courses which lead to the internationally recognised International Pilot Proficiency Information...
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Robin Olds (category United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II)
with its leadership, and was one of its pioneer jet pilots. Rising to the command of two fighter wings, Olds is regarded among aviation historians, and his...
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Civil Air Patrol (section Regions and wings)
space program, and new technologies and advances in aviation and space exploration, are also available. There are several programs for CAP pilots to improve...
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Lockheed U-2 (section Pilot selection and training)
flight proficiency was poor. The language barrier and a lack of appropriate flying experience proved problematic; by late 1955, foreign pilots had been...
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anime television series Yomigaeru Sora – Rescue Wings, the main character is a rescue helicopter pilot, but rescue swimmers also appear as regular members...
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precinct. In the pilot, Terry Jeffords explains to Captain Holt that Peralta is his best detective. Jake's father, Roger Peralta, an airline pilot, abandoned...
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T-38 Talon aircraft began replacing it for the Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) program. The T-33 was used to train cadets from the Air Force Academy...
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Richard E. Gray (category American test pilots)
Squadron Four (VX-4) at NAS Pt. Mugu, as a project pilot on various operational test and evaluation programs. He served as chief test director for the AIM-7F...
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and NCO’s have been awarded the German Armed Forces Badge for Military Proficiency for their physical and leadership merits. The KSF has conducted several...
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experiments and two F-15D, #884 and #897, for research support and pilot proficiency. NASA in the past used an F-15B #835 to test Highly Integrated Digital...
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