Learning and Loving to Fly

This episode covers what I believe to be the most difficult check ride thus far!  There is a lot to know and as a CFI, I now have tons of responsibility.  I started this journey in August of 2021 and am now helping others to start theirs!

I am a Commercial Pilot!

This podcast discusses three main areas of my commercial pilot journey:  getting the hours, learning the maneuvers/landings, and going through the check ride!

Lots to uncover! Hope you enjoy!

I PASSED! I didn't have much to accomplish on the 2nd go-round here but sometimes the 2nd chance gives you more butterflies than the 1st because you REALLY don't want to fail twice in a row.  This is just a quick episode talking about the flight, what I did in between the first and second check rides and what I plan to do next!

In this episode I talk about how my instrument check ride went.  (I FAILED!)

I talk about the oral portion (which I passed), the types of questions I was asked, what helped me to study, the pre-flight portion, the flight portion that I passed and where everything went wrong.

Part 2 will come as soon as my next check ride is scheduled and taken.

Instead of going week-to-week, I decided to talk through all of my instruction in one episode.  I talk how it started, what I learned along the way, what was difficult and frustrating, and tools that I found useful!

Everyone has a hard time with landings.  I sure did!  In this episode I talk about where my difficulty was (multiple places) and how I went about fixing it.  I talk about the resources I used to help me think through it all and try to let everyone know that they are not the only ones - we all struggle with bad landings!  Send an e-mail to learningandlovingtofly@gmail.com with any comments or questions!

CHECK RIDE!!  In this lengthier episode I cover what my experience was like at my first ever airplane check ride.  I review, in general, what was covered during my oral review (including where I went wrong) and how the flight went. 

The week before checkride!  In this episode I talk about the final hours leading up to the check ride, what I worked on, what I struggled with, and how, like many others, my check ride got pushed back two weeks!

In this episode - I discuss what happened after my first solo and just prior to check ride prep.  A lot of cross-country flying and knocking out the hours requirements prior to the check ride.  Also took my written during this time!

In this quick follow-up, I talk about the feelings before and after my first solo just to make sure I didn't miss anything in Episode 5.

Although nerve-wracking - what an exciting week!  This is a quick look at the week that I did my first solo.  I realize after recording that I probably didn't do a great job of describing how I felt the whole week knowing that I'd solo by the end of the week but I'll cover that a little better in my next episode.

Week 2 - the week of frustrating landings and poor maneuver execution (steep turns/stalls)!  We all have those days in learning - don't feel like you are the only one!

This episode covers what the first week of flight training looked like for me!

In this episode - I talk about how I got started with my training to become a private pilot.

In this episode - I talk about what got me here!

This intro describes what the podcast is about!