The required documents On the day you solo, you’ll need to carry a few specific things with you. Besides the required documents for the airplane, you as the PIC (pilot in command) will need to carry with you: Government-issued photo ID Student Pilot Certificate Medical (if applicable) Logbook with appropriate endorsements A big smile! 🙂 If… Continue reading Getting Your Student Pilot Certificate Pr
Topic Category: Student Pilot
Icing Pr
Brrr…..its cold! It’s safe to say this airplane isn’t going flying anytime soon. In this TOPIC we are going to talk about the factors that make ice form on airplanes as well as the different types of icing, what to do if you suspect icing, and how to get rid of it. First off, why… Continue reading Icing Pr
Fog Pr
All these types of Fog are foggy in my brain! While there are 6 different types of fog, they all have somewhat unique characteristics, and at the end of the day all you really need to know is when to expect fog to appear out of thin air. For the purposes of your written test,… Continue reading Fog Pr
Thunderstorms / Convective Activity Pr
Ain’t that pretty?! Well ya, but it would probably be a lot less pretty if you were flying in the middle of it rather than on the ground trying to figure out which filter made your pictures look the best on your new iPhone. In this TOPIC we’ll go over how thunderstorms form and how… Continue reading Thunderstorms / Convective Activity Pr
Mountain Weather Pr
Nice Hat! I want a hat like that! Looks pretty cool! Now we’ve already talked about clouds, but in this TOPIC we are going to talk about two cloud types specifically associated with mountains and big hills, as well as some of the things to be aware of when flying near mountains. We could spend… Continue reading Mountain Weather Pr
Basic Cloud Types Pr
Cloud Spotting Games Next time you have nothing better to do, go be a kid again and look up at the clouds and see what shapes and animals you can find in the sky. Just this time around, add a little twist to it and see if you can also identify which of the main… Continue reading Basic Cloud Types Pr
Weather Fronts Pr
Don’t stand in front of that Front! Well actually let’s say don’t stand fly in front of that front. A Front is a boundary or transition zone between two air masses of different densities (think oil and vinegar). Air masses of different densities don’t mix well, thus the layer in between them is the FRONT. … Continue reading Weather Fronts Pr
GPS Basics Pr
Siri, navigate my plane to Key West Airport……. If only it were that easy…..but that would take a lot of the fun out of flying! Half the fun is just getting there, so let’s take a look at how you can still have fun and get there without too much difficulty using GPS. We’ll cover… Continue reading GPS Basics Pr
VOR Navigation Made Easy Pr
Fly me TO the moon! Ya, well, there isn’t a VOR station on the moon so we can’t actually use a VOR to get to the moon. You can only use a VOR to navigate directly TO or FROM wherever the station on the ground is located (often at or near an airport). Before we… Continue reading VOR Navigation Made Easy Pr
The Weighing and Balancing Act Pr
How much to put where? Manually calculating weight and balance is really the same as your basic high school math class. Take the example below to warm up your brain and get in back into math mode if its been a while since you were in a high school math class. After that, go ahead… Continue reading The Weighing and Balancing Act Pr