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Earning My Wings:

a video blog about learning to fly


Hours flown: 34.7
Days since I started: 390
Cost to date: 5,157.60


*price includes ground instruction, flight instruction, books and supplies
About
This video blog is an ongoing, live journal of my experience learning to fly. As I earn my sport pilot certificate, I will share the entire training experience with you—the ups and downs and everything in between. I will be posting videos from each flight and invite you to ask questions and write comments. read more…
Recent Posts
License to Learn
My First Passenger
Checkride: Passed!
I'm a Pilot!
Flight 31-32: Final Review for Checkride
Tough Decisions
Oshkosh Tower visit
Flight 30: Solo Review
Flight 29: Practicing Short, Soft Field Landings
Flight 28: Feeling the Heat
Flight 27: Solo Landings & Heavy Traffic
Flight 26: 1st Solo Cross-Country
Flight 25: 2nd Solo
Flight 24: On the Numbers
Flight 23: Class C Airspace
Schedules and Spring Showers
Flight 22: Short, Soft Field Landings
At the End of Taxiway Alpha
Flight 21: First Cross-Country
Flight 20: Practice, Practice, Practice
Flight 19: Crosswind Workout
Flight 18: Stalls, Slow Flight and Landings
Flight 17: Back in the Air
Just For Fun
A Thorough Look-Over
Good News!
Recording in-flight video
Under the wing of the B-17
Written Test: PASSED!
Read, Study, Sleep
Flight 16: Making Good Decisions
Flight 15: 1st SOLO
Flight 14: Gaining Confidence
A different point of view
Flight 13: Landings
Flight 12: Back in the air
What's it like to solo?
Studying
Flight 11: The Learning Plateau
Flight 10: Stalls & Crosswind Landings
Flight 09: More Landings
I'm Official!
Flight 08: Landings
Flight 07: Practicing Emergencies
The Wonders of Weather Watching
Flight 06: Talking to the Tower
Flight 05: Ground Reference Maneuvers
Flight 04: Stalls, stalls & more stalls
Flight 03: Stalls, steep turns, slow flight
Safety Seminar
Flight 02: steep turns, slow flight
It's not a do-list, it's a checklist
Flight 01: First flight!
In the Remos G3-600
First day of school
Waiting...actively waiting
I have an instructor!
Selecting an instructor
Getting started
About this video blog
I'm going to learn to fly!!

Thursday, April 02
Flight 17: Back in the Air
By Brady Lane at 11:00 AM     
Flight log to date  Hours flown: 16.0  |  Days since I started: 170  | Cost: $2,763.20  

After two months of being on the ground, I can't tell you how good it feels to get back in the air!  There's no doubt the aviation bug has bit me.

I was surprised with how natural everything felt in the plane.  I wasn't expecting that.  Thanks to your comments and suggestions on previous posts I learned that doing mental exercises - going over flights in your mind - really does help keep you sharp if you're not able to fly.  Once I was back in the plane, all the controls felt just like I remembered. 

As you'll see in the video, though, my landings are going to take a little work to smooth out again, but I'm sure I'll get it.   As Jason says, I have all the pieces, now we just have to put them back together again.

Hopefully I'll never have to take two months away from flying again, but if I do, I now know what to expect.  And I'm definitely glad Jason was there in the right seat on those landings.

Even with the bad landings, it's good to be back flying again!  I look forward to your comments and feedback.

 


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