I passed my check-ride in August of 2007 and then moved to Florida. When I got here, I was starting a new job and didn’t have a lot of time on my hands. I also spent most of my extra money on flying lessons, so I didn’t have a lot left over for fun. Finally, [...]
From the very early stages of MS Flight Sim to the most recent MS Flight Sim X, I have considered it the next best thing to flying a real plane. I even told my flight instructor “I should learn faster than the typical student because I’ve had years of practice on my flight simulator.”
I just ran across a nice way of speeding up your connection to FSS. If you’ve tried to use the voice prompts, it can be very difficult if you’re standing outside your local flight schools hangar with props making tons of noise. Call 1-800-WX-BRIEF (1-800-992-7433) Press “1″ to speak to a briefer. Enter your two [...]
A local fly-in breakfast is a wonderful opportunity for pilots to get together and share stories, learn a little and fill up on great food. You could even help benefit a local service club by letting them facilitate the cooking and keep the profits.
I just found this website from another student pilot blogger. He had a brilliant idea I wish I had thought of first. Check it out: RogerWilcoWear.com You can get a T-Shirt commemorating your first solo or the passing of your checkride.
I love taking my dog with me in the car, but I’ve never thought about the plane. For some reason I think she would freak out and somehow end up stuck under the rudder pedals or something. It turns out, a lot of private pilots will take their dogs on the plane with them. I [...]
If you’re at a party and 2 out of 3 people know you are. If $100 seems like a reasonable price for a hamburger. If you ask the kid working the drive-thru to “Stand By”. If you have your watch set on Zulu Time. If every non-aviation purchases you make is calculated in “flying time”. [...]
If you have a checkride coming up in the near future, be prepared for some of the tricks your examiner may try to use to throw you off. Some of these will result in an instant failure. Some flight schools will point these tricks out, but yours may not. So, let’s go over them now: [...]
It used to be, if you wanted to fly an airplane you had to obtain a Private Pilots Certificate. At least 40 hours of flight training time adding up to thousands of dollars given to one of the local flight schools. Today there’s another option for those who just want to fly locally for the [...]
Should I train in a modern airplane with the Garmin G1000 glass panel display? Some flight schools are converting to 100% glass panel. This is a question a lot of new students will be asking themselves. The answer if fairly simple. If you can afford the additional cost of the G1000, go for it. Typically [...]