by Greg Brown,
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
…Learning to fly in a new plane or older one is the question of the day from Eric in Seattle, WA. Not only does he want help choosing based on the age of the aircraft, but also the driving distance to get his lessons. You see, the newer plane is a three-times
…by Laurel Lippert,
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
…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
…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
…by Greg Brown, from his ASA book Flying Carpet: The Soul of an Airplane,
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,
…by Laurel Lippert,
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
…There are a number of different paths that you can take, but all of them usually include the same checklist of things. To get started with this process, talk to a handful of pilots. They can either be friends of yours, folks from a local aviation club, or
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