I’m back, after an exclusive one month tour of Europe, Scandinavia, and…no, that’s not true. In fact, I’ve just been really busy, and haven’t had a chance to finish this episode up and send it out on the feed. Bad me, I know. So, we skipped September in the podcast…I’ll… Read more »
Hello patient Student Pilot Cast listeners. I’m back again with a training flight, which happens to be my first night flight…as well as a few other firsts. We basically to take a tour of the Phoenix Valley at night. Very cool. I broke this into two parts because it was… Read more »
Shooting ’em out rapid-fire, now, folks. Here’s another episode of the Student Pilot Cast, number 15, about a flight in which we focused on VORs and Simulated Instrument Conditions (The Hood). I had passed my Phase II Check, and I was starting on Phase III. I hope you enjoy. http://media.blubrry.com/studentpilotcast/www.studentpilotcast.com/media/spc/StudentPilotCast-A015-20080708.mp3Podcast: Play in new… Read more »
Episode 14 is here! Today we’ll follow a dual lesson that I had to prep for the Stage II Stage Check. Now that I had been introduced to shorts and softs, and had some time to practice, it was time to finish stage II. Before I could do this stage… Read more »
It’s time for another video episode, episode 3, Reference This. In this episode, I take a solo practice flight to the practice area to go over Ground Reference Maneuvers. I’m including the smaller version again in this feed (320×240) because of the sheer size of the 640×480 versions (400 MB). … Read more »
This is an episode about a solo flight I took to practice ground reference maneuvers. I also take the opportunity to share portions of an email I received from David Allen, a future pilot who’s email summarized in an eloquent way what several people have said to me since I… Read more »
Okay, we’re back to the lessons. As you can see from the title, at this point in my training I have started learning the performance takeoffs and landings sometimes referred to as “Shorts” and “Softs”. Within 4 day’s time I had three dual lessons on these performance landings and takeoffs. … Read more »
Hey…look at this. Finally a video episode! It’s been a long time coming, I know. I hope you enjoy it. There are some problems with the video which I explain a bit about in this episode, but I decided to use some of the video anyway as I think it… Read more »
Hello, everyone. I’ve just returned from my little vacation Scuba Diving with my buddies in the Channel Islands, and I’m releasing episode 10. This episode documents a very memorable flight for me; a flight that helped me remember why I’m doing this. This flight may end up being even more… Read more »
Another episode. This week I get to finish up recounting the story of my first solo, and then the very next day, my second solo. There was a lot of good experience to be had, and I try to sum it up in this episode. Enjoy, and let me know… Read more »
In this episode we catch up in my training through my phase 1 phase check, a change of my CFI, and of course, my first solo. This is a big episode, and includes an event that I will always remember. I’m including a couple of pictures from the big event… Read more »
