I just Wanted To Fly !! So about 8 months after I used up my $350 gift certificate, I was on my way to the San Francisco Bay to start my pilot training at The Sierra Academy of Aeronautics. I was in the professional Pilot Program but just looked at their price estimates for each […]

How I Started Flying We all start somewhere, my career as a full time flight instructor started back in 1988 with a $350 Gift certificate for Christmas From My Brother. My brother had his pilot license and owned a Cessna 182 At the time. I went flying with him once in a while and he

Almost Upside Down at Night ALMOST UPSIDE DOWN AT NIGHT: With all of your flight training there will be points in time where you, the student, get the notion that  “my instructor is mean or doesn’t know what they are talking about”. Perhaps not in such a bold way but it will happen. This brings

Fred I Need Some Spin Training   Story #10: Fred I Need Some Spin Training         A little story to think about: Back in about 1992, after I had been instructing for a few years, I was in the office of the local FBO which I was working for. I was waiting

I wasn’t Qualified 🙁 Back in about 1994 when I was flight instructing I had a student come to me and ask me to finish his flight training and that he was ready to take the flight test. I went up with him and did an evaluation flight and he was ready for the flight

First Solo of One of My Students !! See if You Can find the mistake she made. Hint It happens before takeoff and corrected on downwind The Most Effective And Efficient Way To Get Your Private Pilot License In 15 Weeks Or Less Online Ground Lessons, Flight Test Prep And Career Advice Free 30 Page