Anyone who has become a pilot knows there is a mega ton of work that goes into it. The amount of knowledge and skill that is needed surpasses many other endeavors someone might embark on. Aviation is something that requires constant learning.

Today was my first flight as PIC in over 2 years. I’m...

If you are a person that seems to swing from one extreme to another, you might be on the learning pendulum. What is the learning pendulum? It’s the idea that when a person is first learning something, they need to experience the extremes of that skill before they can fully integrate it. Let me give ...

The loss of the classroom has led to difficulty, confusion, and isolation for student pilots. Today, online video courses and test prep software reign supreme. The advent of these programs has made learning aeronautical knowledge easy and convenient. Nowadays, a person who wants to learn how to fly ...

When people ask me what I do, it can be difficult to explain it to them. If I say I’m a ground instructor, unless they are involved in aviation, they don’t know what that means. They usually don’t connect it with flying airplanes. If I say I’m a flight instructor, they think I’m up in the air flying...

When I first began my flight training, I didn’t really know the difference between sport pilot and private pilot certifications. I had been accepted into a program called Able Flight, which provides scholarships for people who are disabled to be able to learn how to fly, and Able Flight helps these ...

Implementing small consistent steps is a powerful way to accomplish great things. If you want to run a marathon, sprinting isn’t going to work. You’ll use up all your energy and give up. However, if you keep a reasonably consistent pace, you’ll make it to the finish line.

It’s similar with just abo...

Back when I played hockey in highschool, I was a goalie and there was a certain routine I would do before games that improved my performance. It wasn’t some superstitious ritual like hockey players are known to have. It wasn’t a physical routine like stretching or catching tennis balls off the wall....

My dad was a pilot. He flew helicopters in the Army and small planes in his personal time. He was also a flight instructor. On top of that, we lived on an airpark with a grass runway in our backyard, and my dad owned a small Cessna. With this background, you might not be surprised to learn that I be...