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Most likely the Phoenix area, KDVT or KGEU. We have a family place in northern Arizona so that's a possibility but probably not convenient. I'd rather fly up there, not drive up there and then fly.

I have been collecting opinions from pilot friends/colleagues on this for several months now, and everyone I talk to is all over the map. This thread probably will be the same but no harm in hearing even more unbiased perspectives as I figure out what I want to do. My life circumstances...

I know more about divorce law than I do about aviation (student pilot here). One red flag jumps out immediately to me that others have already pointed out: If you begin studying the materials that student pilots do these days, you're going to hear a lot about the fatal, pilot-killing phenomenon...

Many thanks for highlighting this for me. I recently passed CAT-5 and have no idea how student pilots figure all of this out without doing exactly what PE offers. I'd rather get yelled at by PE's ATC controllers than by real ones in real-world conditions. Cost: $20 a month. No brainer.

I know this is an old thread but I somehow came across it and wanted to add this to it: In 2020, the US Supreme Court with a 6-3 vote abolished all legal arguments that it is permissible to discriminate against transgender persons. Much of society seems to have not fully grasped the magnitude...

I'm just a student pilot like you, but I can still offer this: other skills and hobbies I've pursued have taught me that the process of acquiring any skill that takes many years to master very often makes you feel exactly this way. It's normal, so I urge some more patience as others have. In...

Literally proving that old adage about learning just enough to be dangerous!

I probably overstated. Something like PilotEdge isn't necessarily the "best possible" way for a student to learn, because real world practice obviously is. But I have not started taking my flight lessons in earnest yet. Before even getting into an airplane, you can use PE to practice talking...

I signed up for PilotEdge and am kicking myself for not starting earlier. Best possible way to get over "mic fright" for new student pilots. Last weekend, I sprung for another one of my sporadic flight lessons that are not intended to be part of my regular instruction. Enjoyed it a lot. The...

Interesting.Thanks. After a couple decades of doing this constitutional stuff that I do it’s not likely I’d risk malpractice by dabbling in aviation, but as a student pilot I can’t help but take an observer interest in it as I progress.

Uh oh, two lawyers on the thread. Watch out, Internet. But yeah, we're on the same page. I'm not familiar with that federal statute as I don't practice aviation law or know much about it, so that's interesting to know. The older comments in this thread were pretty sweeping in suggesting that...

It's been on my mind and I've been putting it off. For a while I debated between Vatsim and PilotEdge, and decided that PilotEdge was more training-oriented and realistic. I just haven't pulled the trigger yet to actually sign up.

Will always be grateful to Peter! He took me up and had me flying for flight #1 just to be friendly to a local student pilot. That was the flight experience that really got me going on my training. Hope to return the favor some day.

I didn't ask. He did let me taxi. I'll speculate that it has to do with my not being a regular student, and the fact that this CFI (though I really liked him and he struck me as very diligent and smart) was brand new to this small company. My Arizona CFI did have me handle the takeoff on my...

Regarding an older comment here about the admissibility of NTSB reports: government reports are generally hearsay and therefore inadmissible under the rules of evidence. If there are factual findings in an NTSB report, you still generally need a person on the witness stand to testify as to those...

I thought I'd post an update here just to further journal my progress. To date, I've put a general pause on in-person lessons because of the Arizona heat, the lack of any need to hurry on my part, and what were then covid conditions. I'll resume in October with a flight school I signed up for...

You're right, my apologies, I completely missed that from the get-go.

I should also point out this great resource I came across for the PPL written. I enrolled in the Sporty's online course, which I think is very well done and helpful. But looking to boost my understanding of a few topics by digging into them a little deeper, I discovered that MIT (which obviously...

For anyone reading who is studying only for a PPL, Sheppard no longer has any test prep for the written. Their link sends you to Sporty’s! EDIT: I wrote the above comment not realizing this thread topic is for *instrument* only.

Student pilot here who saw this a while ago and am also curious what pilots have to say about the handling of the engine failure. Btw the front seat passenger suffered a very serious, possibly permanent spinal cord injury that may leave him in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.