A Year in the Life of a Student Pilot Swayne Martin December 28, 2013 Student Pilot, Training, Video 1 Comment Shown below is my newest video entitled “A Year in the Life of a Student Pilot.” Bits and pieces from all of my aviation experiences over the past year have been included. (if reading this from an...
First Time Departing Class C Airspace (Richmond KRIC) – How to Depart a Class C Airport/Airspace Swayne Martin October 13, 2013 Student Pilot, Training, Video 7 Comments 100th Post! So how do you depart a Class C Airport/Airspace? I had the awesome opportunity for my first flight into a Class C Airport/Airspace, Richmond International Airport KRIC. Richmond is the airport...
OBX Airplanes Flight Lesson into First Flight Airport, Kitty Hawk, NC Swayne Martin September 1, 2013 Fun Flying, Student Pilot, Training, Vacation Flying, Video 10 Comments One thing I started doing this summer was flying wherever I traveled with my family. Before this week, I'd flown Piper's over Gulf Shores, Alabama, and gliders over Lake Tahoe, California. Being a pilot opens...
Flying My First Flight into a Class C Airport/Airspace (Richmond International Airport, Virginia KRIC) – Video Included Swayne Martin August 24, 2013 Student Pilot, Training, Video 3 Comments So how do you fly into a Class C Airport/Airspace? A few days ago, I had the awesome opportunity for my first flight into a Class C Airport/Airspace, Richmond International Airport KRIC. Richmond is the...
First Glider Lesson (with Soar Truckee, in Truckee / Lake Tahoe, CA) Swayne Martin August 11, 2013 Fun Flying, Student Pilot, Training, Trips, Vacation Flying, Video 13 Comments Lake Tahoe, California, is one of my favorite places in the entire United States. This trip was our 5th time out during the summer. I've been going since I was about 5 years old. Never having seen it from the...
Sunset Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopter’s Tour (AS-350 N834PA) Swayne Martin August 2, 2013 Fun Flying, Trips, Video 8 Comments Weeks before our trip out West, my mom told my brother and myself that while in Las Vegas, we would be going on an adventure with one of her friends who lives in Las Vegas. She said it was a secret and that...
Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six Flight with Joseph Olmstead Swayne Martin July 13, 2013 Fun Flying, Student Pilot, Training, Trips, Vacation Flying, Video 2 Comments A few weeks ago, I had the awesome opportunity to take a flight lesson in Gulf Shores, Alabama. I flew out of Jack Edwards Airport (JKA), with Rod Kellogg as my flight instructor. You can read about that...
Piper PA28 Flight Over Gulf Shores with Rod Kellogg Swayne Martin July 9, 2013 Fun Flying, Student Pilot, Training, Trips, Vacation Flying, Video 7 Comments Every two years, 50+ members of my family meet at Martinique on the Gulf, in Gulf Shores Alabama, for a family reunion and a 4th of July celebration. Since I just recently became a student pilot, I decided...
First Solo Cross Country Flight (KOFP to KFVX) Swayne Martin June 27, 2013 Student Pilot, Training, Video 13 Comments Yesterday morning, I took the biggest step in flight training since my first solo flight. With 15.9 total flight training hours, 44 landings and takeoffs, and 2.7 hours of solo flight time, I set out on my...
Flying Over Southern California with Colin Summers Swayne Martin March 14, 2013 Flight Report, Fun Flying, Student Pilot, Trips, Vacation Flying, Video 6 Comments I woke up today with the nicest email from blog reader and twitter follower Colin Summers. Because of my blog and twitter, he found out that I was in LA for the week on my spring break. He made a dream offer...
My New Youtube Channel Swayne Martin March 6, 2013 Video I decided to create a new youtube channel (one which coincides with my blog and twitter) to feature my flight training and other aerial adventures. The description of the channel is pretty much the same as...
Second Solo Flight Swayne Martin March 3, 2013 Student Pilot, Training, Video 3 Comments I had a great time flying solo for the second time yesterday. Family was in town for my Eagle Scout Ceremony, and really wanted to see me fly solo. My aunts were some of the people who took me on trips to the...