A new approach to ground school
For me flight training is such a remarkable experience. You go from knowing simply nothing about an aircraft with so many laughable misconceptions, to being able to become familiar and eventually comfortable enough to be in command of an aircraft operating solo.
I reminisce about my own training. I won’t go into the whole story, but eventually I did end up earning my ATP-L (Airline Transport Pilots License) and also became a CFI (Certified Flight Instructor). All of this required much discipline, dedication, and training as you might have imagined...more
I reminisce about my own training. I won’t go into the whole story, but eventually I did end up earning my ATP-L (Airline Transport Pilots License) and also became a CFI (Certified Flight Instructor). All of this required much discipline, dedication, and training as you might have imagined...more
How to Fly an Airplane?
5 Tips to Become an Airline Pilot in the US
Becoming an airline pilot is a dream of countless Americans, but very few manage to turn it into a reality. It is not just a challenging field but also an expensive one that demands good support from family and a lot of finances at one’s disposal apart from a lot of other preliminary requirements of the individual itself.
One needs to understand what pilot training is, and then accordingly plan and arrange for finances. After training, one must then understand how to get a pilot licence. Here are a few steps that one is expected to go through to become a professional pilot...more
One needs to understand what pilot training is, and then accordingly plan and arrange for finances. After training, one must then understand how to get a pilot licence. Here are a few steps that one is expected to go through to become a professional pilot...more
Bad instructors
During my nearly six decades of flying, I’ve had more good instructors than bad. But beware: there are bad ones. The worst instructor I ever had was in a Pitts S2A. I learned nothing from him except how to keep from redecorating the interior of his airplane.
After attaining modest proficiency in basic aerobatics in a Great Lakes, I wanted more advanced maneuvers in a higher performance aircraft. On the appointed morning, the instructor took the controls of the S2A after we reached altitude and said, "Okay let me show you a snap roll." Fair enough. I’d never done a snap roll. Wham, bam, around we went...more
After attaining modest proficiency in basic aerobatics in a Great Lakes, I wanted more advanced maneuvers in a higher performance aircraft. On the appointed morning, the instructor took the controls of the S2A after we reached altitude and said, "Okay let me show you a snap roll." Fair enough. I’d never done a snap roll. Wham, bam, around we went...more
Becoming a Commercial Pilot: How to Get Your Pilot License?
A CPL i.e., a Commercial Pilot’s License is basic and inevitable necessary before working as a professional pilot. It is the final step towards your dream and every person wanting to become a pilot has to go through it. Before the submission of the application form and prior to the final test for you commercial pilot’s license, you should have completed the needed number of flying hours, which is typically 250 hours in most of the countries. So, how do you get a pilot license? Well, here are a few pointers that you should always keep in mind...more
How to Become An Airline Pilot
Top 7 Traits Needed to Become a Pro Pilot
Want to become a pilot, but wondering do you really have what it takes to be a pilot? These are questions that should be answered before going further into the details of what to do to become a pilot...more
What are the requirements to become an Airline pilot?
Becoming an airline pilot is about being passionate about flying and being interested in the mechanics of it. Sure it is an alluring, fascinating, thrilling and highly rewarding job and it comes with its perks. But becoming an airline pilot is not easy. If you want to become a private pilot you cannot just walk in to the local employment center or drop your credentials online and expect people to start calling you with offers...more
What Is Pilot Training And How Does One Become A Pilot?
To become a pilot you need to follow and meet some basic pre requisites. These take some effort to fulfil and can also be expensive. It has to be done in a very dedicated and well planned out manner. The first step is to understand what to do to become a pilot. The below given are the basic requirements to enter into the field...more
How much is private pilot license and what is the criteria?
There is nothing that spells liberty like flying a plane. When you out there among the clouds it gives a sense of being elated and freedom. This exact sense of liberated feeling and the prestige that comes with it makes aviation a highly desired profession. Then again this is not easy and requires hours and hours of dedication and hard work. It is firstly an expensive course to complete and does not come ...more
How to obtain private pilot’s license?
Wanting to be a pilot seems like more or less every child’s dream. The fact that you can fly and feel a sense of elation and freedom makes aviation a highly desired profession. But this is no child’s play. The profession may sound charming and come with a hefty pay package, but it is difficult to actually go through the stringent process of training to be an airline pilot. You need to have the determination...more
If you like planes and helicopters and dream of becoming a pilot, but worried about expenses and time it might take to become one, then there is no reason why you should stop yourself from becoming one.
The feeling while you learn to fly an aircraft is so out of this world that it would be totally worth it. True, it is not cheap to become a private pilot or a professional one but when you compare it with so many other expenses elsewhere you would figure out that it is actually not all that expensive either...more
The feeling while you learn to fly an aircraft is so out of this world that it would be totally worth it. True, it is not cheap to become a private pilot or a professional one but when you compare it with so many other expenses elsewhere you would figure out that it is actually not all that expensive either...more
4 Ways to Get Private Pilot’s License and Mandatory Certification Requirements
You must have dream't of becoming a pilot since your childhood; you may be quite confident and self-assured in your decisions. You would be thrilled walking on road, while a flight flew overhead! The airplane in your dream shows varied experience, change, and discovery in life. In exploring the dream, you get connected with anything; it can also attack, crash, show anxiety...more
Idiot's Guide for Future Domestic Drone Use
The Federal Aviation Administration has released its first “Roadmap” that explains what will be needed to safety integrate the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the national airspace of the U.S. The five-year plan discusses three phases that include the “accommodation” of existing UAS on a limited basis, the “integration” of future UAS — including establishing performance standards for the construction and operation of UAS — and “evolution” to assure rules and regulations can be adaptable to the rapidly changing use and development of UAS potential in the states...more
Pilots are optimists
Recreation aviators are great! They are universally friendly, helpful and wonderfully enthusiastic. Their never-ending positive nature seems built in.
It's a good thing. Pleasure pilots need to be optimistic. After all, in our sport we suspend ourselves in invisible gases at lethal heights trusting that the theories of long dead scientists who never flew themselves will keep us up there... more
It's a good thing. Pleasure pilots need to be optimistic. After all, in our sport we suspend ourselves in invisible gases at lethal heights trusting that the theories of long dead scientists who never flew themselves will keep us up there... more
My favorite mentor
I trained and flew with a corporate captain who nearly drove me crazy. This pilot never stopped thinking about what he was doing and always challenged the inputs from around him, including mine. His mind was a perpetual sponge continuously absorbing and processing information. He flew smart, very smart. He pushed... more
What draws us to flying and how does it hold our lifelong interest?
Student pilots come alive when they walk through flying school doors. Their eyes sparkle, their voices rise and their smiles are wide. They are energized in anticipation of the challenges and accomplishments in each flying lesson. Their friends would see them as different people when they are at the airport... more
The Top (5) Ways to Approach Advanced Training
In all areas of our lives we constantly seek ways to improve, advance, and ultimately grow. Your aviation career should be no different. Whether you are just taking your first steps as a student pilot, working on an advanced rating, or simply seeking ... more
Online Aviation Ground School Seminars- The Best of Both Worlds!
9/02/2013
I don’t know about you, but I find it hard to just pick up a stack of books to learn a complex subject. I also find it hard to pop a video in and spend endless hours listening to a talking head on a given subject. Years ago as a kid I was given... more
I don’t know about you, but I find it hard to just pick up a stack of books to learn a complex subject. I also find it hard to pop a video in and spend endless hours listening to a talking head on a given subject. Years ago as a kid I was given... more