Checkride Oral Prep For one-on-one practice Oral Exams live with one of our CFIs (facetime or skype) Sign up for the Captain membership on our site. You’ll get a 2-hour custom oral prep session centered around the airport and airplane you will be using for your practical test to best prepare you to ace your… Continue reading Oral Prep
Topic Category: Checkride Prep
Cross Country Considerations
Planning Out Your Cross-Country Flight Check out the video above to see a quick example of how you would do your initial planning for a VFR Cross-Country Flight on a VFR sectional chart. Talking to ATC If you’re still a little unsure of how or what exactly to say to ATC when asking for Flight… Continue reading Cross Country Considerations
Navigation Logs
Start To Finish, Completing your Paper Nav Log Check out the video above of an example Nav Log being filled out start to finish for a 50nm Cross Country! Ask a Question to the Community Ask a Question and get a fast response from our CFIs
Soft Field Landing
Returning to Earth…Softly. The idea behind a soft field landing is to land as softly as possible, and most importantly be ready to go around if the field is too soft and you would be “sucked in” or get stuck on the runway. It may surprise you, but I have been on several soft grass… Continue reading Soft Field Landing
S-Turns
Kind of like slalom skiing, but this time you’re flying S-Turns are typically performed over a long straight road and gives you another opportunity to hone in on your skills in controlling the airplane in relation to the ground at low altitudes. The idea behind the S-turn maneuver is for you to vary your angle of… Continue reading S-Turns
Turns About a Point
Turning and Pointing Well, it’s a little more than just that. The idea behind a “turn about a point” is to develop a skill of being able to control the airplane in reference to a point on the ground, while accounting for the wind aloft trying to blow you off course. Since when you are… Continue reading Turns About a Point
Unusual Attitudes Gone Wrong
Avoid doing this when practicing unusual attitudes…… What could have been done to avoid the improper recovery here? Leave your answers in the forum! Ask a Question to the Community Ask a Question and get a fast response from our CFIs
Unusual Attitudes
Wow, that’s very unusual. Yes, what you are about to embark upon will be quite unusual. Your CFI is about to make you close your eyes while wearing a view-limiting device, and put the airplane into either a steep nose up or steep nose down attitude, and ask you to open your eyes and rapidly… Continue reading Unusual Attitudes
Forward Slips and Side Slips
Boy, that’s a slippery subject! Actually, not really. Forward slips and side slips are relatively easy maneuvers to practice and learn, and while they may feel uncomfortable at first, after some getting used to with your instructor and practicing these at a safe and high altitude, you’ll become familiar and comfortable with what the proper… Continue reading Forward Slips and Side Slips
Soft Field Takeoff
Soft Field Takeoff Super soft ah!!! Well in this particular case, a soft field isn’t really a good thing. A true soft field (soft sand, muddy grass field in spring-time, etc.) robs a lot of power from your airplane and makes it take far longer to accelerate to takeoff speed than it would if it… Continue reading Soft Field Takeoff