Step By Step – How I Passed My FAA PPL Written Exam with a 93% Swayne Martin January 12, 2014 Advice, Student Pilot, Training 34 Comments At the beginning of my Christmas Break, I committed to myself that I'd take the FAA Private Pilot Written Exam before I got back to school, or at least that I'd be 100% ready to do so. Being a Junior in...
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 Night Training Flight Swayne Martin December 23, 2013 Student Pilot, Training 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...
Learning Skills on Land, Sea, and Air Swayne Martin December 13, 2013 Student Pilot, Training 2 Comments 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...
College Decisions for a Student Pilot – To Go or not To Go, Should You Go to an Aviation University? (Pros and Cons) Swayne Martin October 28, 2013 Advice, Student Pilot, Training 33 Comments 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...
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...
So What’s Next? – Over Halfway to Private Pilot! Swayne Martin October 6, 2013 Student Pilot, Training 2 Comments 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...
Maintaining My Pilot Currency Swayne Martin September 29, 2013 Advice, Student Pilot, Training 9 Comments 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...
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...
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...