Now that you’ve gotten your first taste of flying and decided it will be “a pilot’s life for me”, it’s time to set yourself up for success by getting a few supplies. Although a spiffy leather bomber jacket and a pair of wire frame Ray Ban sunglasses can help you…
For many of my students who fly the Cessna 152, their first question after passing their checkride is when they can schedule a lesson to be checked out in the Cessna 172. I get it; while the 152 is an efficient and cost-effective aircraft to learn in, it doesn’t score…
So you’ve recently passed your private pilot checkride. Congratulations! You’re now part of club of certificated pilots that includes less than 2% of the population of the United States. For some people, a private pilot certificate is the highest rating they will seek. For others, this certificate is the first…
One of the most important things to remember when flying at airports without an operating control tower is to maintain extra vigilance while scanning for traffic. Unless on an IFR flight plan and operating under those provisions, the Federal Aviation Regulations do not require aircraft landing or departing uncontrolled airports…
Even though I had taken checkrides previously (obviously), this was to be the toughest one I’ve taken yet. The certified flight instructor checkride is one of the most difficult checkrides there are with a first-time pass rate of just under 70% as of 2017. Although many of the topics are…
