Fun Things You Can Do With Your Airplane

CLICK TO SHARE The goal of flight instruction is to help you gain the knowledge and skills to make flying safe and fun. That’s especially the aim of the private-pilot rules. The exact flight path to this destination will vary depending on the flight instructor, school, your time, and your current skills; especially the skill…

CLICK TO SHARE Aviation Math T-Shirt Number of Take-Offs Equals Number of Landings (Hopefully) View on Amazon The first inspection you’ll make is a very thorough preflight inspection, checking the fuselage, wings, tail, landing gears, and control surfaces for wear or damage. Examine the outside and as much of the inside of the plane as…

CLICK TO SHARE Both a car and an airplane have engines that power them. Aircraft engines that power sport pilot-eligible aircraft can be two-stroke or four-stroke. It is common to find both air-cooled and liquid-cooled engines in lightweight sport planes. The car engine power is passed on to the transmission and then the wheels to…

CLICK TO SHARE Your goal is to pass the FAA practical test for your private-pilot certificate. Toward that goal your instructor will help you practice for the test, giving you at least three hours of instruction that will be very similar to what the experience of taking the test will be like. You’ll be practicing…

CLICK TO SHARE Many books have been written about weather, especially aeronautical weather. That’s because weather impacts flyers. If there’s a thunderstorm brewing and you need to get to work you’d probably drive there. As a VFR pilot you’d never think of flying near a thunderstorm. The FAA’s Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge includes information…

CLICK TO SHARE Another oldie but goodie is a classic metal-covered aircraft built by various companies from 1946 to 1960: the Luscombe Silvaire. What makes them look so retro is that they are metal covered rather than fabric covered (though some early models had fabric-covered wings). Only the models 8A and 8B qualify for sport-pilot…