Trying to sum up what TBM Pro training provides pilots is tough to do in a few pages of a website, as Bill Panarellos's son, student and professional pilot I will attempt to elaborate a bit on what Bill's mission and passion bring to the flight training environment.
From the very first memories I have aviation is there, Bill has had all three of his sons in the cockpit before we could even reach the rudder pedals. Bill instilled the passion for flying and safety in all of us at a very young age, every flight was a chance to immerse us in professional pilot procedures and intense studying required to keep me safe in my flights all over this world from the icy New England winters to my current position flying government aircraft in the Hindu Kush of Afghanistan.
All of our flights focused on training with the current conditions available to us, if there was a crosswind I was not allowed to land into the wind we would take the crossing runway. Summer time cold fronts closing in, well todays lesson was radar and navigating the red smears on the radar screen. Winter came and with that lessons in icing and how to deal with it safely. A day in the baron or the 414 would bring single engine and emergency procedure training into the mix.
All of this training always came back to utilizing profesional pilot procedures in the cockpit to keep me safe. Bill calls it Applying the Airline Mindset. Applying this mindset starts with a deep knowledge of the machine you are flying, reading the manuals and knowing aircraft systems has been a highlight of my training and career. As kids we were not allowed a one hour flight lesson unless we completed three hours of POH and training profile studying.
From the very first memories I have aviation is there, Bill has had all three of his sons in the cockpit before we could even reach the rudder pedals. Bill instilled the passion for flying and safety in all of us at a very young age, every flight was a chance to immerse us in professional pilot procedures and intense studying required to keep me safe in my flights all over this world from the icy New England winters to my current position flying government aircraft in the Hindu Kush of Afghanistan.
All of our flights focused on training with the current conditions available to us, if there was a crosswind I was not allowed to land into the wind we would take the crossing runway. Summer time cold fronts closing in, well todays lesson was radar and navigating the red smears on the radar screen. Winter came and with that lessons in icing and how to deal with it safely. A day in the baron or the 414 would bring single engine and emergency procedure training into the mix.
All of this training always came back to utilizing profesional pilot procedures in the cockpit to keep me safe. Bill calls it Applying the Airline Mindset. Applying this mindset starts with a deep knowledge of the machine you are flying, reading the manuals and knowing aircraft systems has been a highlight of my training and career. As kids we were not allowed a one hour flight lesson unless we completed three hours of POH and training profile studying.