Patch's Flight Schools Guide

Making the most of your private pilots license.

Articles filed under the ‘Topics’ Category

Getting Started

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If you’re like me, you’ve dreamed of flying for years.  Every time you hear an airplane fly overhead, you’re the one person in the group straining your neck to watch it fly overhead.  You’ve got it in your blood.  There’s something inside of you that yearns to take to the air.  You’ve got pilot blood [...]



Basic Flight Training

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Flight Schools specialize in teaching basic flight instruction.  They teach you everything you need to know to pass your checkride (final test with a Designated Examiner) and then fly safely among the rest of the pilots in the world.
Ground School
It will all start in your ground school learning the fundementals of aeronautics.  What makes an [...]



Using Your Pilots License

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Using Your License
You’ve worked hard, studied hard, and flown countless hours with your CFI.  You may have even gone through several CFI’s or even several flight schools. You spent gone through the grueling pressure of a checkride and your Designated Examiner shook your hand and said “congratulations pilot.”  Now what?
Now that you have your pilots [...]