training

My story seems to be like a lot of folks: I got my private, flew some friends and the ex-wife around SoCal, and, with 88 hours in my book, stopped flying in 1999. It seems that time, money, and life all got in the way. I have a single entry in 2004 for 2.1 hours of dual out of CRQ. I remember...

Training on a Skyhawk, will purchase one in next 3-4 Years. While I wait for my dream to be hangared, if you have any old literature or anything Cessna 172, (even 150 & 182) I'll be more than happy to pay for shipping and take it off your hands!

I am most likely going to be going to Blue Line Aviation to get my Instrument, Commercial, CFI, and Commercial Multi. Has anyone gone through Blue Line? Pros, Cons? I am just looking to get information.

Hi, I'm working on my IR and need to better organize my lap. I use an 11" iPad primarily in a 172S. I have ordered a Ram mount to hold the ipad in front of the yoke, but I'm dubious if that will work out. It's a non-GPS iPad so charts only. Also considering a full-lap kneeboard, but the ones...

Hello everyone! This is my first post after lurking for a bit. I will give a brief intro as i didn't see a new members section. I am 29, I live in Utah and have always loved aviation. I wanted to be a pilot in the Air Force but decided to join the Army after 9/11 instead. Now i am out of the...

Hey guys, so as usual, I'm looking for some advice from you all. I've started instructing at a school that trains mostly foreign (Asian) students who will be flying jets within the next year or two. I would like to teach these students habits and knowledge that can be easily transferred over...

What are some of the top suggestions for VFR / IFR radio training outside the airplane? Any experiences/feedback that you'd like to share from your own training?

So my MEI ride is coming up within the next week or two and I'm already asking myself how I can be a better flight instructor. Lately, I've been reading through a lot of advisory circulars and SAIBs but I'm not sure what else I should be doing. Outside of actually spending time in the plane...

Hi, I am looking for some perspective from some experienced pilots and wonder if I could pick your brains. I have a dream to take several months off and fly around the USA with my wife at some point in the future. I am imagining a trip where we would plot out some really interesting places to...

I’m earning a degree in Design and this quarter, my class project is about aviation electronic flight bag apps (Foreflight, FltPlan Go, etc). These apps are proving to be very useful planning and navigation tools, and my project has the goal of finding out how more how are they're being used and...

So it's official... I'm giving up my corporate finance job to attend ATP flight school and get my multi/instrument ratings and CPL. In about 4 months I'll have some big decisions to make regarding whether I want to be an instructor, look for a 135 job, try to get on with an asian airline, or...

Hi everyone. I am working towards my Private pilots license in the Houston area. I have complete my ground school, I have passed the knowledge test, and I have about 30 flight hours logged. I also completed my first solo about a month ago..(my lessons have been spaced out a bit). Here is my...

hello all, i'm gonna to start my flight training with a school in florida ( with 0 to 250 hour cpl program ) but my school base airport is in non-towered airport ( Class E airspace 700 to 17,999 ft ) is that going to make any difference with my training quality or make any problem in future to...

Year of 2016 is coming to an end and 2017 is the year I will start my IFR training. I'm pretty excited about it - enough to be jumping the gun as I don't yet have a concrete "start-to-finish" plan, other than to start reading lots of book material on IFR before the instructor training. I'm...

So... Let's say I don't want to pay $200 for an hour-long flying lesson since I'm 14 and my mom has a friend who's a pilot. Can they teach me how to fly and fill in my logs or do I still have to fork over $200? Also another question, what does $76/per hour wet mean? Why would I get my airplane...

My first post: 10/10/16 Greetings and salutations! I am getting close to starting training. My mission will include transcontinental XC for seeing family, lite backcountry, lots of $100 burgers and Mercy flights. I'd like to take the quickest route through IFR certification. I've saved some...

I decided to do some spin and incipient spin recovery training after having not done it in years. I made a video of the training, and i hope some find it useful. Link:

Hi all, I am almost finished with my PPL and wanted to hear from all of you how long/hard getting your IFR rating was. I don't want to jump right into it but I would like to work towards it in the near future. Any advice on how much VFR time should be accumulated before taking the step into...

I am looking for a CFII in the Denton or Hidden Valley area for IFR training. Thanks

Ok, first a bit of background - I'm 15, US citizen, but live in Moscow, Russia, for family reasons. I'm looking into getting a PPL at seventeen/eighteen and then working up to eventually getting an ATPL at some point. Hopefully. First of all, is it worth doing things like the summer flight...