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Introduction to Technical General

Hey, what is up, folks hope you all are doing well. If you have read all of my last few blogs, I can say with full certainty that you have gotten a pretty grasp of the basics that we will need to start one of the main topics of our CPL syllabus. If you haven't gone through the last few blogs, I highly recommend you give them a rain check. Alright now that we've established a solid concept of the basics, let's get started with the first-course topic, that being TECHNICAL GENERAL. 

Before we get started, let me give you a quick overview of what we will be talking about for the next few months. Technical General consists of 4 main subtopics:
  1. Jet Engines
  2. Propeller Engines
  3. Aircraft Systems
  4. Aerodynamics
We'll be starting with Jet engines from the next blog and will go through all the subtopics eventually to wrap up Tech-Gen completely until then keep dreaming big, and this is your Soaring Pilot signing off 🛫💖.

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