Training

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...

Requirements I have left to do for my Private Pilot's License are becoming slimmer by the week. In general, these are the four things I have left to do for my PPL, that I'll hopefully get in February (when I...

I'm the kind of person who really believes in learning skill-sets, because having the ability to pick up something at a moment's notice, and know what do, is an amazing thing. I've just begun to realize that...

As a Junior in High School, it's about the time I really need to start thinking about college decisions, set some goals, and think about where I'd like to see myself in 5, 10, 15, or even 20 years. All of...

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...

Totaling up my logbook today, I realized that I am more than halfway into my private pilot training! If you have been reading on this site, you've seen some of the great experiences I've been lucky to have and...

Sometimes it's hard to find the time to get out to the airport! Until early this morning, when I took my first flight in over a month, this was the problem! With my Junior Year of High School starting in full...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...