Real Pilot Story: The Heat of the Moment

FREE DENSITY ALTITUDE POSTER large enough to prominently display at your airport, flying club, flight school, FBO, and backcountry strip (Please request up to 10 printed 18x24" posters): https://forms.office.com/pages/respon...
OR
DOWNLOAD YOUR OWN 11x17" PDF version that has fillable text fields so it can also be easily modified for use at your airport: https://www.aopa.org/-/media/Files/AO...

More resources on density altitude:
- NOAA's Density Altitude Calculator: https://www.weather.gov/epz/wxcalc_de...
- FAA's Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (PHAK): https://www.faa.gov/regulations_polic...
- ASI's article on DA: https://www.aopa.org/training-and-saf...
- Accident Case Study: High Aspirations:    • Accident Case Study: High Aspirations  
- Density Altitude: the triple H effect:    • Density Altitude - The Triple H Effect  
- Accident Case Study: Into Thin Air:    • Accident Case Study: Into Thin Air  

Certificate for completion link: https://bit.ly/RPSHeatofMomentCert

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