Hello fellow aviators! This is my first post for this blog. The main objective of this website/ blog is to share my first hand experiences as a student pilot. When I was looking for flight schools a few months back, I had a hard time finding out what it took to become a pilot. Every school explained how I need to get a private pilot license, then an instrument rating, then a commercial license, and finally a flight instructor’s license. After a while of searching, I knew exactly what steps I needed to take from memory. What I was looking for was what the training was like. What are the hardest obstacles to overcome? Or how many hours does the average student pilot take to get his or her private pilot license? I couldn’t find any blog, website or flight school that could tell me information like this.
Anyway, I found a state college near my house, applied over the summer, and was accepted the very next day. (I already have a degree from another state school, so I guess the dean of affairs figured I would be accepted if I applied during the normal application timeframe). Once I started my flight training, my family wanted to know what it was like to fly. I went to my grandparent’s house after every flight for the first two weeks to explain exactly what I had done in that day’s lesson. Finally, I decided to share my flight training experiences with everyone. I’m trying to give people things to know about the training before they start their own training. Things I would have liked to know before I started my training, or any type of information I feel would be beneficial to a person trying to decide if flying is for them. (However, I will say that if you’re trying to decide about a flying career, or even to keep it as a hobby, you’ll need to give it 100% effort every single day and at every flight lesson, as well as the ground lessons.)
I have been trying to “build” this website for the past few days, (I’m not even close to being computer ‘savvy,’). I decided to start this blog two months into the training as well. So the posts from here are going to be my current experiences. As for the first two weeks of training, you can email me any questions you have. I understand that the first two months usually make or break you’re outlook on flying, as well as many other things, but I want this blog to be as authentic as possible. If I tried to go back and write about a past experience, I’ll have to embellish a little or make up emotions I was feeling. My posts will be within a day or two of any flight. In addition to the flight lessons, I’ll post about other things such as ground school lessons, aviation related field trips, or anything I think would be helpful to you as a future, or current, student pilot.
So I hope you enjoy my experiences, and more importantly, find them educational. Good luck with your training!
Anyway, I found a state college near my house, applied over the summer, and was accepted the very next day. (I already have a degree from another state school, so I guess the dean of affairs figured I would be accepted if I applied during the normal application timeframe). Once I started my flight training, my family wanted to know what it was like to fly. I went to my grandparent’s house after every flight for the first two weeks to explain exactly what I had done in that day’s lesson. Finally, I decided to share my flight training experiences with everyone. I’m trying to give people things to know about the training before they start their own training. Things I would have liked to know before I started my training, or any type of information I feel would be beneficial to a person trying to decide if flying is for them. (However, I will say that if you’re trying to decide about a flying career, or even to keep it as a hobby, you’ll need to give it 100% effort every single day and at every flight lesson, as well as the ground lessons.)
I have been trying to “build” this website for the past few days, (I’m not even close to being computer ‘savvy,’). I decided to start this blog two months into the training as well. So the posts from here are going to be my current experiences. As for the first two weeks of training, you can email me any questions you have. I understand that the first two months usually make or break you’re outlook on flying, as well as many other things, but I want this blog to be as authentic as possible. If I tried to go back and write about a past experience, I’ll have to embellish a little or make up emotions I was feeling. My posts will be within a day or two of any flight. In addition to the flight lessons, I’ll post about other things such as ground school lessons, aviation related field trips, or anything I think would be helpful to you as a future, or current, student pilot.
So I hope you enjoy my experiences, and more importantly, find them educational. Good luck with your training!
