by Matt | Jan 1, 2010 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons
After 6 months of flying, I was ready for the check-ride. I’ve been ready since before Christmas, having completed my training on the 23rd. I scheduled my check-ride on the 28th. That day was quite interesting. I went to the flight school to check everything...
by Matt | Dec 23, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons
I am mostly ready for my check-ride. I was 1 hour short or 40 and I need some work on controlling my stall recovery. That was the plan for this lesson. In the last lesson we had done a lot of work on the maneuvers and revisited stalls. This idea behind this flight...
by Matt | Dec 21, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons
Just to clear the air, I am getting very close to the check-ride. Prior to this lesson all that was left to complete is an hour or so of practical test prep. The plan for this lesson was to perform all the maneuvers required for the check-ride and then work on...
by Matt | Dec 14, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons
I had previously discussed an upcoming ground lesson in preparation for the oral portion of the check-ride, well today was that lesson. A guy that was in the ground school with me had recently taken his check-ride and he had passed on some information to my CFI about...
by Matt | Dec 11, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons
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...
by Matt | Dec 7, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons
Last lesson we had discussed a brief ground lesson to cover some things that the examiner had asked on a recent check ride. Due to scheduling issues, I had scheduled a shorter amount of time than I thought would be necessary to do any decent amount of flying. ...
by Matt | Dec 1, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons
Flight Planning at SkyVector.com An element of my training that had until now been overlooked was my night flying. There are several night flying requirements in the Private Pilot curriculum including: 3 hours of required night flying, 10 take offs and landings to a...
by Matt | Nov 27, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons
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...
by Matt | Oct 26, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons
Since Josh was still gone, I was to fly my second solo cross-country, the long one. The standard is it must be at least 150 nautical miles and there must be landings at three airports. I needed 3 more hours of solo cross-country time and I felt the best way to make...
by Matt | Oct 19, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons
I had less than 24 hours of downtime to prepare for my solo cross-country. Josh was heading out-of-town at noon and I was flying at 3. Nathan would sign me off. That was the plan. I elected to cheat a little and reuse a cross-country I had already planned but...
