If you’re planning on making a career out of your love for flying, you’re eventually going to want to go for your Airline Transport Pilot License or ATP. This is the next step beyond commercial and something you’re going to need to get into that Captain position with the airlines. Most flight schools will be [...]
Flight schools, your CFI, and FAA statistics will show that, next to landings, the most likely time for an accident is during takeoff. Even though you’re less likely to have an accident during takeoff rather than a landing, the results of a take-off accident tend to be much more catastrophic. Learn the proper take-off procedures.
Flight Hrs: 1.7 / Total Hrs: 13.4
Aircraft: C-172 / Airport: KDEW
At one point, I was absolutely DREADING stalls. Today I actually looked forward to it all. I am starting to enjoy them. It’s strange, they’ve almost become comforting to me. I used to think a stall made me very vulnerable. [...]
Flight Hrs: 1.7 / Total Hrs: 11.7
Aircraft: C-172 / Airport: KCOE
We flew to a new airport today to do some touch and goes in an unfamiliar setting. This was VERY cool cause we got to fly over my house to get to Coeur d’Alene Airport (KCOE). It felt good cause we were actually [...]
Flight Hrs: 1.7 / Total Hrs: 10.0
Aircraft: C-172 / Airport: KGEG
Ground reference maneuvers are meant to increase your awareness of the effects from wind speed and direction. This is vital when flying the pattern just prior to a landing.
If you’re flying on a north heading with the wind out of the south (a tail [...]
Flight Hrs: 1.4 / Total Hrs: 8.3
Aircraft: C-172 / Airport: KGEG
This is a continuation from this post. It was all the same flight, but they’re really two different things to learn.
Engine Failure
I know of a lot of people who think, when the engine fails on an airplane, you instantly fall from the sky. [...]
Flight Hrs: 1.4 / Total Hrs: 8.3
Aircraft: C-172 / Airport: KGEGWow. Today is the day I learned to trust my airplane. This was a major hurdle for me but it taught me a lot about the plane I’ve been flying.
Since the vast majority of aircraft accidents happen when you’re landing an airplane (2nd [...]
Flight Hrs: 1.7 / Total Hrs: 6.9
Aircraft: C-172 / Airport: KGEG
I’m so glad to back in the comfort of a C-172. Honestly, that 152 was just a little small for me and my CFI. I’m 185 lbs and he’s 200 lbs. We were shoulder to shoulder and I just felt [...]
Flight Hrs: 1.6 / Total Hrs: 5.2
Aircraft: C-152 / Airport: KGEG & KDEW
They say it’s one of the most difficult things to learn and it’s proving itself to be true. The landing is NOT easy, but it’s also the area where you’re most likely to have trouble and the potential for an accident [...]
Flight Hrs: 1.5 / Total Hrs: 3.6
Aircraft: C-152 / Airports: KGEG & KDEW
Most flight schools will have you spend the majority of your lessons working on this area.
Let me just say, the “go” part is a lot easier than the “touch” part.
We flew just north of Spokane International (KGEG) about 10 [...]