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Earning My Wings:

a video blog about learning to fly


Hours flown: 34.7
Days since I started: 414
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!!

Wednesday, June 10
Flight 24: On the Numbers
By Brady Lane at 6:15 PM     
Flight log to date  Hours flown: 25.5  |  Days since I started: 239  | Cost: $4,046.80  

It's going to take some more practice before I'm consistent, but I did finally stick a couple good short field landings!  It was another one of those great feelings of accomplishment.

I've also been struggling this whole time with not enough right rudder on landing, but Jason explained something to me in this lesson that I think is really going to help.  See the video for his explanation.

It seems learning to fly is all about ups and downs (no pun intended).  What I mean is that one lesson you're introduced to something that seems incredibly difficult and you end up leaving frustrated.  Then a couple lessons later, you start to get it and have this incredible feeling of satisfaction.  But as soon as you start feeling competent with the task at hand, you're introduced to a new challenge, a new skill and will probably feel overwhelmed again.

Learning to fly is a giant roller coaster of emotions.  I now have logged 96 landings and think I've also had about that many different emotions throughout this process. 

It's been an incredible journey so far though!


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