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Ground reference maneuvers with Spencer Suderman (episode 2)

May 9, 2024/in Video Tips/by Flight Training Central Staff

In this episode, Spencer demonstrates how to fly several of the common ground reference maneuvers, including turns around a point and the rectangular course. Not only will these help you learn to better control the airplane while compensating for the effects of the wind, but they’ll help you fly a better traffic pattern when returning to land after each flight.

Your first flight lesson – a video preview

May 8, 2024/in Getting Started/by Flight Training Central Staff

Getting into the air and taking your first flight is the most important—and most enjoyable—step you can take in your journey. There’s nothing like your first takeoff in an airplane to show you the fun and freedom of flying. If you’re on the fence about learning to fly, go take a first lesson!

Ground reference maneuvers with Spencer Suderman (episode 2)

May 9, 2024/in Video Tips/by Flight Training Central Staff

In this episode, Spencer demonstrates how to fly several of the common ground reference maneuvers, including turns around a point and the rectangular course. Not only will these help you learn to better control the airplane while compensating for the effects of the wind, but they’ll help you fly a better traffic pattern when returning to land after each flight.

Your first flight lesson – a video preview

May 8, 2024/in Getting Started/by Flight Training Central Staff

Getting into the air and taking your first flight is the most important—and most enjoyable—step you can take in your journey. There’s nothing like your first takeoff in an airplane to show you the fun and freedom of flying. If you’re on the fence about learning to fly, go take a first lesson!

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Ground reference maneuvers with Spencer Suderman (episode 2)

May 9, 2024/in Video Tips/by Flight Training Central Staff

Why does my flight instructor want me to keep flying circles around water towers and fields?

In this episode, Spencer demonstrates how to fly several of the common ground reference maneuvers, including turns around a point and the rectangular course. Not only will these help you learn to better control the airplane while compensating for the effects of the wind, but they’ll help you fly a better traffic pattern when returning to land after each flight.

Your first flight lesson – a video preview

May 8, 2024/in Getting Started/by Flight Training Central Staff

pilots in flight

There’s nothing like your first takeoff in an airplane to show you the fun and freedom of flying.

Getting into the air and taking your first flight is the most important—and most enjoyable—step you can take in your journey. There’s nothing like your first takeoff in an airplane to show you the fun and freedom of flying. If you’re on the fence about learning to fly, go take a first lesson!

For your first flight, you and your instructor will probably spend about an hour together. You’ll do a pre-flight inspection of the airplane, talk about some basic concepts and then go flying. You’ll most likely sit in the left seat, with your hands on the controls—you are flying!

The instructor will show you a normal takeoff, basic maneuvers (straight and level flight, turns, descents, etc.) and a normal landing. When you land, your instructor will make your first logbook entry. You’re now on your way to becoming a pilot.