Learn to Fly Blog - ASA (Aviation Supplies & Academics)

David Diamond is a writer and 3D illustrator focusing on aviation. He brings his raw and honest viewpoint to the Learn to Fly Blog as one who was challenged and frustrated by the training materials he used during his own flight training.

David’s perspective is down to earth and easy for student pilots (and new pilots) to relate to. He is a private pilot and that’s it… Not a certified flight instructor (CFI), nor even instrument or multi-engine rated. His logged flight time remains in the low three digits, and he has no interest in flying for any reason besides fun. He never attended an aviation academy or university, and he has been checked out to fly in a total of only three different airplanes: the Cessna 172, the Piper Warrior and the Diamond Katana.

Diamond started writing about aviation as the result of his own flight training challenges. He wished he could have been inspired by an aviation writer who was also “all thumbs” during his training, but there was no one on the scene who fit the bill. He knew other pilots-in-training were struggling too, so he decided to take his writing, communications, and 3D illustrating skills and become the aviation writer who never needed to worry that the FAA might yank his flight instructor certification—or that someone might find out it took him almost 150 hours of training to get his license! The result of his long flight training struggle is ironically entitled, Flight Training: Taking the Short Approach.

Diamond’s 3D aviation illustration work appears regularly in APOA Pilot and Flight Training magazines, and has also appeared in aviation training materials developed by ASA and King Schools. His blog and portfolio can be found on www.AirDiamond.com.