March 16, 2009 – 12:40 am
Learn to fly at any age with minimal prerequisites… Jeanne Peterson did so after 49 years old.
Jeanne is a reader of my Flying Carpet column in Flight Training magazine. She boldly wondered what age was the ceiling that one could go about learning to fly. I explained anyone can, but that you need to keep [...]
March 10, 2009 – 12:23 pm
Are you thinking about learning to fly because your spouse is a pilot? Or, maybe you dream about flying around the country with your husband or wife who also wants to learn to fly.
Sharing the cockpit of a small airplane would be fun, right? Well, the truth is, like all joint efforts that require compromise [...]
February 24, 2009 – 11:58 am
Can two flight instructors teach you more than one? Learn from conflicting opinions and healthy debate to make yourself a better pilot.
During the course of typical flight training, we spend lots of time with our flight instructors (CFI). They become trusted advisors, so when they tell us something, we tend to accept it. When we [...]
February 24, 2009 – 10:17 am
From the slow and simple (ultralight) to the complex and fast (jets), there is an airplane “pecking order” that affects your aviation adventure.
Throughout my life, I have learned that there will always be airplanes that can fly higher, faster and farther relative to what I am flying at the time. Pick any plane. I’ll name [...]
February 22, 2009 – 2:00 pm
Reward for learning to fly is endless experiences of exhilaration
Ninety minutes even in a single engine aircraft, you can find yourself in another world. On one particular day for me, it was magical!
The whining of gyros gave way to mystical drums and rhythmic chanting, crazily mixing images of flight with those of ancient and sacred [...]
February 22, 2009 – 1:18 pm
When you become a pilot, you join a helpful community. Being stranded at an airport somewhere gives you a chance to see just how supportive it can be.
Finding yourself stranded somewhere might seem like the worst fate if you’re a pilot, but, more often than not, it turns out to be a pleasant surprise.
With our [...]
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