A couple of years ago, I was enjoying a quiet evening at home after a long weekend of teaching at a clinic hosted by one of the national training providers for owners of Beechcraft Bonanzas. As usual, the clientele included a...
The instructor-student relationship is one of the most interesting and complex in all of aviation. Although the most recent edition of the FAA’s Aviation Instructor’s Handbook suggests “learner” is a more appropriate term for persons outside of traditional school age learning...
There may not be physical barriers in place that limit access to flight training, but there are other types of obstacles that make it different from other activities. As when doing anything completely new, you’ll have to work your way through...
With your fresh pilot certificate, what fun steps can you take to continually grow as an aviator? When you got your certificate, the DPE probably told you that you hadn’t experienced everything you would need at some point in your flying...
he intention of most flight training is to demonstrate and practice maneuvers and procedures in carefully controlled conditions, while trainees gain an ability to perform competently on their own. To do this, the instructor must allow some experimentation and failure, so...
Leonardo da Vinci said it best: “Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward…” We have all felt a sense of accomplishment and pride as we slip that freshly printed private pilot certificate...
Hi, my name is Josh Kallenberg and I'm here at the Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles, California. I've been flying professionally for about 13 years, and now I have the pleasure of flying this Gulfstream G450 which is a lot...
Hi everybody! My name is Anna and I'' m. elderly flight training consultant in Traveling Academy. Daily I'' m helping. guys like you to choose their path en route to their desire and today I'' m. mosting likely to tell you...
Instructors, learner pilots, and DPEs alike will need to brush up on the new Airman Certification Standards (ACS) and a couple of Practical Test Standards (PTS) that went into effect nearly across the board May 31. The two unaffected categories are...
When we talk about flying solo, we’re usually speaking of doing so as the only occupant of an aircraft. And when we talk in a capitalized quote of “My First Solo,” we generally mean the first time we were ever aloft...
