Practical Test Prep and Last Night Landings

After all the night flying, I know I am very close to check ride preparation time.  I’ve got the ASA Private Pilot Oral book and I have started to study it, but I am looking forward to the next bunch of lessons so that I can gather any little tips and tricks for...

A Short Dual Lesson

Most of my flying  for the last little bit has been solo, but today was a dual lesson.  The plan was to cover everything and take stock of where I was with regard to maneuvers and then call it a day.  After a brief conversation about what we would be doing, I headed...

A short lesson

It has been just under two weeks since my last lesson.  My next scheduled lesson was to be Monday the 19th, but I got a call from Josh on Saturday about flying Sunday afternoon.  I was at the Foothills Fall Festival when I got the call, and I knew my wife...

Solo Lesson – GPS

I checked the weather just before leaving the office for the flight school. I was hoping that today would be the day for my cross country. Instead, since the weather over Upper Cumberland Regional was terrible, I would be doing something else. It was really odd...

Twelfth Lesson – ground reference solo

I went in to the flight school today with the intention of flying a cross country to Upper Cumberland Regional Airport.  The weather, however, had a different plan.  Instead of flying to the cross country, since the weather was bad over the plateau, we decided that I...