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- How to Become a Frugal Pilot
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- Tips for Frugal Renters
- Rethinking Your Frugal Wings
- Your Frugal Flight Mission
- Frugal Pilots Join the Club
- Frugal Pilots Vs. Aircraft Mechanics
- Frugal Pilots Dream of Full Owner Maintenance
- Frugal Pilots Kiss (and Tell)
- Frugal Pilots Offer More Tips
- Frugal Pilots Share Tips
- Joining Other Frugal Pilots
- Flying Club Agreements
- Flying Club Decisions
- Writing A Partnership Agreement
- Partnership Decisions
- Writing A Co-Ownership Agreement
- Co-Ownership Decisions
- Sharing Your Wings
- Staying Frugal
- Multitask Flying
- Barter and Trade
- Shop Smarter
- Learn from Smarter Pilots
- Learn from Your Experiences
- Be Smart About Aircraft Maintenance
- Manage Your Wants
- Plan to Keep It Simple
- Frugal Pilots Remember Why They Fly
- 10 Tips for Frugal Pilots
- The Frugal Pilot: Introduction
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Frugal Pilot Flight Guides
- Save Money Flying Your Airplane!
- What if There’s a Problem? (Flight Planning Gone Awry)
- Unexpected Costs
- Altimeter
- Official Sky Inspector
- Private-Pilot Certificate
- Repairs
- Classes A and B Airspace
- Magnetic Compass
- Getting Your Sport Pilot Certificate
- Rudder
- Flight Navigation (Nav-Com)
- Calculating Costs
- How to Use This Website
- Do You Really Want to Fly?
- Checking the Weather
- Choose Your Partner Carefully
- Experimental Aircraft Maintenance
- Aircraft Certification
- Quick-Builds
- Investment
- Soft and Short Field Takeoffs
- Wings
- Initial Costs
- Reading Flight Instruments
- Buying Time Blocks
- Passing the Test
- Descent
- Air Traffic Service
- Fourth, Cramming for the Test
- USUA
- Weight Limit
- Financing Your Wings
- Cross-Wind Takeoffs
- Flying Club Types
- Fly Your Own Airplane
- Sport Pilot Training Is Safe
- Airspace Endorsements
- Sport Pilot Endorsements
- Getting Your Private Pilot Certificate
- Heading Indicator
- Your Cross-Country Flight Plan
- Engines and Props
- Tail (the Airplane’s Rudder)
- Colleges and Universities
- Flying for Business
- Turning To Crosswind
- Meet Regularly
- Keeping Your Distance
- Understanding Clouds
- Classes C and D Airspace
- After You’ve Soloed
- Boating By Plane
- Taking Possesion
- Engine
- Decide How to Hold Title
- Zodiak XL
- S-Turns
- Thrust & Drag
- Need Some Help?
- Fuselage
- What You’ll Learn
- Plane Plans
- Independent Flight Instructors
- Climbing
- Flying Clubs
- Power Over the Forces
- Mechanical Systems
- Topography
- EAA
- First, Pre Solo
- Reading Charts
- Weight and Balance
- Save Money on Flying
- Joining the Club
- Taking an Airplane Apart
- Other Airspace
- Practicing Your Flying
- The Checkride
- Construction Resources
- Classic LSA’s
- Turn Coordinator
- Sport Pilot Groups
- Fun Things You Can Do With Your Airplane
- The Bottom Line
- Aeronca Champion
- Seating
- Airworthiness Directives
- Choosing the Right Engine
- Your First Flight
- Working With Materials
- Examining the Right Wing
- Enhancing Flying Skills
- Plan the Use of Your Plane
- Type Certification
- Taking Title
- Luscombe Silvaire
- When Will You Get There?
- Flight Schools
- How Does Sport Pilot Fit In?
- The Practical Exam
- Straight and Level Flying
- Equilibrium
- Sport-Pilot Training
- Start Your Engine
- The Future of Flying
- Filing Your Flight Plan (How to Plan a Flight)
- Taxiing
- Plane Kits
- LSA Repairman Certificate
- Airspeed Indicator
- Attitude Indicator
- The Future of Sport Flying
- Classes E and G Airspace
- Pilot Communications
- Deciphering Plane Ads
- Airport Data
- Engine Basics
- ATEC Zephyr
- Club Questions
- Propellers
- Understanding Weather
- Third, Solo Cross-Country
- Flight Instructor
- Ground-Reference Manuvers
- Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)
- Second, Practice Skills
- Installing the Engine
- Get It In Writing
- Coordinating Controls
- Lift & Weight
- Landing Gear
- Rectangular Course
- Checking the Cockpit
- Ailerons
- LSA Inspection
- Fuselage and Tail
- Throttle
- Finding a Local Flying Club
- Before You Solo
- Social Events
- Using Your Flight Computer
- Elevators
- Vertical Speed Indicator
- Certification vs. Consensus
- Commercial & ATP Certificates
- Construction Rules
- Piper J-3 Cub
- Considering Options
- Why Do You Fly?
- New LSAs
- Logs and ADs
- Flight Instruments
- Making Decisions
- Inspecting the Engine
- Flying on a Budget
- Wilderness Flying
- Camping
- Landing Your Plane
- Kitfox Sport
- LSA Maintenance & Repair
- Selection Process
- Where To Look
- Finding the Right Wings
- Examining the Left Wing
- Navigating By Satellite
- Required Maintenance
- Layers of Airspace
- Practicing Emergencies
- Light-Sport Aircraft
- Reports and Appraisals
- Ongoing Costs
- Finally, Taking the Practical Test
- Your Practical Test
- Cross-Wind Landings
- Flying Light-Sport Aircraft
- Turns Around a Point
Instruction
- The Run Up
- Navigating By Sight
- The Pattern
- Slow Flight
- Instruction Options: What Is the Best for Flight Training?
- Private Pilot Knowledge Test (and Prep)
- Inspecting Your Aircraft
- Remember What You Forgot
- Flight Software
- How Will You Get There?
- Airplane Stall (What It Is and How to Recover)
- Taking Off
- Where are You Going?
- Costs of Flight Instruction
- Watch Your Attitude (Test-Taking Attitudes)
- Prep for the Tests
- Navigating By Calculator
- Why Are You Flying
- Navigating By Radio
- Your First Solo (First Solo Flight)
- The Knowledge Test (Test Taking Tips)
- Normal Takeoff and Climb
- Charting a Course: Going From Here to There
- Starting and Taxiing Your Aircraft