Training

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...

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...

"Better to be on the ground wishing you were in the sky, than in the sky wishing you were on the ground." Waking up this morning, I wasn't quite sure what the day would be like. Originally, I had my first...

In preparation for my first solo cross country (which will hopefully be in a few days), I flew my first solo flight out of the pattern on Friday to practice flying into and out of airports. My flight took...

Over many hours in the cockpit, a pilot kind of develops a love-hate relationship with the plane he/she flies. One discovers all of the good and bad of plane, what one likes, and what one doesn't like. After...

My instructor is pushing off for Air Force training in a few weeks. With little time left before he leaves, we have set the goal of me doing my first solo cross country before then. This is because I've done...

For the past few months, all of the flying I've done has been out of non-towered airports. That changed today with my first flight into a towered field/into Class D Airspace. Arriving at the airport, I was...

Being a student pilot and having the opportunity to fly nearly every weekend is an amazing thing. Before January, I flew on average about 15 flights (legs) a year, commercially. Now that I'm in training, I'm...

Not only is the GoPro a cool thing to have, but it can be a very helpful asset for any pilot. You can (and should) record your landings, takeoffs, maneuvers, and radio calls, so that you can review your...

I had a flight lesson yesterday which was my first introduction to instrument flying. Normally, one does instrument flying along with their dual cross country flights to save time and money. Might as well fit...

Today was a big day for me, I flew my first "real" cross country flight! I've flown to other airports before, but not with the level of planning that goes along with a normal cross-country flight. Just to let...

While flying is one of my favorite things to do, there are challenges I have to be honest about in learning how to fly. Not everything goes smoothly, as you're about to find out, but that's a good thing....