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4 Tips to Make the Most out of Your Flight Lesson

April 15, 2024/in Tips and technique/by Andrew Focks

Every moment in the cockpit is precious, especially given the costs associated with flight training. Making the most out of your training time is vital to become a safe and skilled pilot. Here are four quick tips: 1) Have a Plan A and B Things like weather play a vital and often unpredictable role in […]

Sporty’s introduces new book – Learn to Fly: A Comprehensive Guide to Private Pilot Training

April 13, 2024/in News, Pilot Gear/by Flight Training Central Staff

Sporty’s recently released a new book, Learn to Fly: A Comprehensive Guide to Private Pilot Training. Filled with honest advice from Sporty’s team of flight instructors, this book is the aspiring pilot’s introduction to the fascinating world of aviation

4 Tips to Make the Most out of Your Flight Lesson

April 15, 2024/in Tips and technique/by Andrew Focks

Sporty’s introduces new book – Learn to Fly: A Comprehensive Guide to Private Pilot Training

April 13, 2024/in News, Pilot Gear/by Flight Training Central Staff

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4 Tips to Make the Most out of Your Flight Lesson

April 15, 2024/in Tips and technique/by Andrew Focks

Have a backup plan if the weather doesn’t permit Plan A.

1) Have a Plan A and B

Things like weather play a vital and often unpredictable role in flight training. Discuss with your instructor what might happen in different weather conditions. For instance, if the clouds are below 2,500AGL, would you work on soft field landings in the pattern? If the weather is too bad to fly, what topics might you cover in a ground lesson? Just because Plan A isn’t going to work doesn’t mean a Plan B can’t make a scheduled lesson a productive time slot.

2) Prepare the Facts Beforehand

I often have my students teach me a maneuver on the ground before we get into the airplane. If they can explain it to me, I know they understand the steps and components of the maneuver. Then, if there is an issue in the air, I know it is not from a lack of understanding the steps conceptually, but in the execution of this maneuver. Study ahead of time! If you can teach it back to your instructor, it likely means you have a good understanding of the information.

Prepare beforehand by teaching the maneuver and chair fly to reinforce.

3) Chair Fly

Visualize! Imagine the feel, sight, and sound of the maneuver from a quiet place at home. See your visual landmark in front of you. What does your altimeter say to start the maneuver? Airspeed? Say the steps out loud to yourself, move your hands like you would in the airplane. Make it as vivid and real as possible. From athletes to concert musicians, this is a major technique used to train the brain. Chair flying works.

4) Record it

After each lesson, take notes. Write down what went well and didn’t go well. Audio record your debrief with your instructor on your phone (with their permission) so you can listen back to the important items you need to work on for next time.

Simple tricks like these can be utilized to help make the most of any scheduled lesson. Don’t just do the minimum, putting in just a little more thought can maximize your learning process.

Sporty’s introduces new book – Learn to Fly: A Comprehensive Guide to Private Pilot Training

April 13, 2024/in News, Pilot Gear/by Flight Training Central Staff

Sporty’s instructors share valuable tips and insight

Known as the industry experts in flight education, Sporty’s recently released a new book, Learn to Fly: A Comprehensive Guide to Private Pilot Training. Filled with honest advice from Sporty’s team of flight instructors, this book is the aspiring pilot’s introduction to the fascinating world of aviation and a step-by-step guide to the flight training process. From finding a flight school to dealing with training setbacks to acing an airline interview, readers will learn detailed tips for success.

Learn to Fly is an essential reference for pilot training, whether learning to fly for fun or to launch a career. Written with clarity and expertise, and loaded with color graphics and helpful checklists, this comprehensive guide also includes dozens of helpful links to expand the reader’s knowledge online.

Read a sample from Sporty’s Learn to Fly book here.

Learn to Fly also explores the personal growth and transformation that accompany the pursuit of flight. Readers will experience the support and camaraderie forged among fellow aviators, the thrill of overcoming self-doubt, and the profound sense of accomplishment that comes with earning a pilot’s license.

Learn to Fly: A Comprehensive Guide to Private Pilot Training is offered in a convenient digital (ebook) format or in paperback for just $4.99. Already a Sporty’s course user? The digital version is a free resource as part of Sporty’s online Learn to Fly Course; the print version is available at Sportys.com or by calling 1-800-SPORTYS.

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4 Tips to Make the Most out of Your Flight Lesson

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