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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
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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...
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