How To Get Your Seaplane Rating Swayne Martin September 12, 2020 Fun Flying, Original, Pinned, Professional Experience, Training 1 Comment Flying seaplanes fundamentally changes the way you fly as a pilot. You're no longer held back by paved runways and can fly directly into some of the most beautiful parts of the world. I had the opportunity to...
5 Flights, 1 Day: Regional Airline Pilot Life Swayne Martin April 4, 2020 Envoy Air, Pinned, Professional Experience, Video 1 Comment Today, the airline industry faces an unprecedented slowdown as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Aviation will rebound but it will take time and support from everyone in the industry to overcome this together....
Finally Living In Base: Chicago Swayne Martin June 1, 2019 Envoy Air, Pinned, Professional Experience, Video Regardless of which airline you'd love to fly for one day, you'll be faced with the decision of whether to commute or live in-base as an airline pilot. When you commute, you can live almost anywhere in the...
Flying An F-16 With The USAF Thunderbirds Swayne Martin May 25, 2019 Pinned, Professional Experience, Video 1 Comment One thing you guys asked me to do is cover a variety of careers for pilots. I'm an airline pilot and I love what I do, but there are SO many amazing career paths if you've ever dreamed of becoming a pilot....
Approved! Part 121 Airline Filming Swayne Martin August 30, 2018 Envoy Air, Professional Experience, Video I've partnered with Envoy Air to produce the first airline-approved comprehensive series about becoming an airline pilot. Let's face it... Becoming a pilot is EXPENSIVE. We spend nearly $100,000 to begin...
From Flying In Hawaii To Airline Training In Texas Swayne Martin July 1, 2018 Envoy Air, Professional Experience, Video 1 Comment Flying Part 135 at Mokulele Airlines gave me the chance to experience everything that a larger airline has... From other flight crews and gate agents to ramp crews, passengers, dispatch, and more. I learned...
First Day As An Airline Pilot Swayne Martin June 11, 2017 Mokulele Airlines, Professional Experience, Video 13 Comments Mokulele Airlines runs itself in a very similar fashion to much larger Part 121 Airlines. After training, First Officers or Captains are assigned a training pilot to complete a few days of IOE, or "initial...
My First Commercial Pilot Job – Mokulele Airlines Swayne Martin April 15, 2017 Mokulele Airlines, Professional Experience, Video 27 Comments I'm so excited to announce that I've accepted my first ever job as a commercial pilot. I'll be flying as a First Officer for Mokulele Airlines this summer all around the Hawaiian islands. Better yet, Rod and...
Passing My Commercial Checkride Swayne Martin July 18, 2016 Private Pilot, Professional Experience, Training, UND Aerospace 8 Comments To get ahead with flight courses at UND, I stayed for an accelerated semester during the first 6 weeks of summer this year. In 6 weeks, 30 of us in my class took AVIT 323 (aerodynamics), AVIT 324 (aircraft...
G44 Widgeon Ferry Flight (Part 2 – Wyoming To Canada) Swayne Martin October 11, 2015 Fun Flying, Private Pilot, Professional Experience, Trips, Video Video highlights of flying around Canada (detailed Canadian Rockies article coming soon): https://youtu.be/MhUnTGnL0iQ As you read about in Part 1, flying low and slow across the midwest was a pretty...
G44 Widgeon Ferry Flight (Part 1 – Florida to Wyoming) Swayne Martin August 14, 2015 Flight Report, Fun Flying, Private Pilot, Professional Experience, Trips, Video 4 Comments My good friend Rod Kellogg invited me to join him on one of the most adventurous, fun, and eye-opening trips I've ever been on ... A low-level ferry flight in a 1943 Grumman Widgeon from Gulf Shores, Alabama...
King Air Adventure Flight – Alabama to Nicaragua Swayne Martin July 2, 2015 Flight Report, Fun Flying, Private Pilot, Professional Experience, Trips, Vacation Flying, Video 5 Comments As you may know, I was extremely fortunate to be invited to fly alongside Rod Kellogg down to Managua, Nicaragua from Gulf Shores, Alabama in the Shrimp Basket’s private King Air F90 (N931SB). I didn’t...