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If you are a homeowner with a standard homeowners liability policy, that policy may also protect you if you damage an airplane. For this you should contact your insurance agent to confirm.

I thought about this but couldn't think of a reason why. A passport does by the authority of the Department of State have a certain force of law. But a private business isn't an immigration official or a foreign government (bound by treaties). It may want a driver's license to verify a local...

Flight schools are private businesses, so they do have the discretion to insist on a government ID (in addition to a passport). If a customer doesn't want to produce it, the school could decline to accept them as a student. It does seem silly but there's no law preventing this scenario, assuming...

I don't have a cool setup like yours so my situation isn't as tricky to get around, but as a VR fan I can offer you this: It seems to work out fine when there's a VR headset on my head and my hands/fingers know where to go due to familiarity with where the joystick and "throttle" are located. (I...

I would suggest to the flight school that they simply clarify their procedure, because it's confusing and not consistent with the CFRs. If they want to request a second ID for business reasons, fine. But only the US passport is required to prove citizenship, so it's not really correct to tell...

I just started flight school so I had to go through the same process. Not sure I agree with your take. The CFR only establishes the bare minimum that a flight school must obtain for eligibility as a student pilot, in your case as a US citizen. But subsection (h) does not also serve as a...

Very impressive setup! Have you tried Virtual Reality at all? I primarily use VR and even though there are a few tweaks still needed, it is mind-blowing. For the suggestions on this thread about practicing various concepts, like visual-based maneuvers, I think VR is a game-changer.

I took my wife on a journey involving banjos for 2+ years prior to this. When she suggested that maybe I wasn't really serious about this whole aviation thing I asked her, "Didn't you say the same thing the first time I got a banjo?" (I now own 4 banjos, one of which is a fairly serious instrument.)

Cool! Where on the Internet do you post your sceneries?

I appreciate the tip. I wish it was on Kindle but I guess it's appropriate that I should have to read it the old school way. En route from Amazon.

Hah, I was not exactly trying to hide Peter's identity but I wrote my original post without at least checking with him first, so I opted not to use his name in it.

I quoted this answer just because it's my favorite one from the bunch. I am very similar to you, Sam. 49 years old, married, kid in high school, 3 dogs, full-time job. Age is not a problem so move on from that hurdle. The biggest obstacle I heard about when I began interviewing instructors was...

Lesson #2 After a brief pause while I researched instructors and juggled a few scheduling considerations around, I went up for my second flight lesson today. We departed from Scottsdale, KSDL, practiced some straight and level flight, easy turns, did an introduction to sharp turns and slow...

Understanding insurance coverage is a lot like understanding aviation. You can fully protect yourself by relying on a certified insurance agent to give you specific advice about this. The cost to you is negligible, because they are paid through commissions from the insurer, but at the same time...

This is a really fantastic idea. As it is right now, I do find MSFS to be helpful in digesting concepts like pattern landings (MSFS isn't necessarily effective at teaching the concept, but it does aid in properly digesting the concept after it has been properly taught in the real world).

Haha! I actually intend on preparing myself for ATC communication by signing up for VATSIM first. I never actually tried it in the past, but it is probably a fantastic way for real student pilots to get started on ATC.

I accept your correction but someone actually beat you to the punch. :) Yes, I do plan on continuing and am working through Sporty's online ground school at the moment. Still pondering decisions about which flight school, aircraft options, etc.

You made me lol. I was actually really bad at taxiing even within MSFS2020. So your description of what looks like DUI driving absolutely applies to me also. I will need a lot of practice.

You articulated this much better than I can (and thanks for the correction--I'm giving away my student status by referring to a dashboard). Notably, you can now use virtual reality headsets to fly on Microsoft Flight Simulator, which is a major technological advancement in software that did...

Thanks to an incredibly gracious offer by a fellow POA user I had contacted through this very forum--we both live in Arizona and he is a CFI--I received my first 4.1 hours of logged flight instruction time today. I've been a moderately avid user of Microsoft Flight Simulator (and X-Plane) since...