Diary of a Student Pilot

012 - Learning to Fly Takes a Long Time

This whole flying lessons thing is taking a REALLY long time... And some of it is just frustrating. Let's get caught up and talk about why learning to fly can be a frustr

011 - Medical Flight Tested

I took my medical flight test! In this episode I talk about how it went. What was the process like? What did I have to do? What was the end result? Let's find out! -----

010 - Preparing for a Medical Flight Test

The FAA wants proof that I can fly a plane even though I'm blind in one eye. I finally have the medical flight test scheduled to try and prove it to them. Today I'll talk

009 - I'm Still Here

It's been a while since I made an episode. Things got quiet in my training for a while, but they are moving again and I'm here with an update! I promise I'm going to do t

008 - A Close Call

I recently had a close call that gave me a bit of a scare. It took me a while to decide to make and post this episode, because... well... I was embarrassed. I'm sharing i

007 - Back on Glideslope

In this episode I follow up on my setback from last time, and I talk about "chair flying"... what is it? And why should people (myself included) take it more seriously?

006 - Setbacks

In this episode I talk about how I had some setbacks in my training, why that might've happened, how it is making me struggle, and what I'm doing about it.  ------------

005 - 5 Ways I Could Have Learned to Land Faster

I finally made a landing all by myself! So this week I decided to take some time to think back on my training so far, and what could I have done differently to maybe have

004 - Talking to myself

Today I talk about how talking to myself seems to be helping me improve my flying. It can be very frustrating when you're practicing and training but you don't feel like

003 - Trouble taking off

When your plane goes from safely and securely on the ground to flying in the air, that transition can actually be pretty challenging. Just a moment ago your tires were on

002 - Checklists on my mind

So much of flying is about checklists. I have been surprised to learn just how many checklists you have to learn. Checklists about the fuel quality, the wings, checking t

001 - What is a flying lesson like?

Welcome to the first episode of this diary podcast I'm doing during my training to become a private pilot. I hope you enjoy listening along.  DISCLAIMER It should be no