Whenever there is a natural disaster, the one thing that is needed is for pilots who can take supplies in to those in need and look for people in need. Small airplanes like you would use once you get your pilot’s license are a perfect way to help out because they can fly low [...]
There is a club that formed a number of years ago which gave its association the strange name of “The Man Will Never Fly Society”. This group of skeptics, it turns out, is a frivolous group whose real charter is to get together and drink. Most reasonable people know that not only [...]
The desire to fly with the birds in the sky is as old as mankind itself. Some of our oldest stories from ancient myths involve man’s desire to fly. So if you felt that yearning which in our day in age means getting a pilot’s license, you are in good company. But [...]
One of the biggest moments of your life will occur on a relatively lonely airstrip with just one other person with you. And that will be the first time you actually take controls of an airplane and take it out on your first flight. This moment is what makes the difference between every [...]
If you were to interview many of the people who set off on that quest to get their pilot’s license about their motivations, you would get answers all over the map. And for many the goals are quite ambitious and they might include starting their own private charter company, becoming a private pilot for [...]
There is a singular thrill that surges through you the day get your first pilot’s license. You feel as though suddenly you grew wings and stopped being a terrestrial creature and in a way became a cousin to the birds who were free to fly the skies at will. That little license says [...]
When you boil down to the basics of the things you must do before you can get a private pilot’s license, it is basically three things. You must log 40-50 hours of flight time with your instructor with at least one solo flight in there. You must pass a flight test where an [...]
Probably the first big step if you want to get moving on a career that involves flying an aircraft is to get a pilots license that enables you to serve as a private pilot. To put that in context, there are lesser pilot’s licenses such as the student’s license or the sports or recreational [...]
If they didn’t tell you in flight school as you studied for your pilot’s license, you certainly learn it pretty quick after you get into the airline industry that the pilot’s license is only the beginning of a lifelong of learning and growing in a field that is always changing. So even after you [...]
Getting your pilot’s license is just the start of a life in the world of aviation that can really take you anywhere. While there is a lot you can do with just a private pilot’s license, you can take that starting point and go into helicopter flight, flying gliders or even on up into [...]