Behind The Yoke

Thinking about risking it all and flying for a career? Well now is the perfect time to start training and getting your ratings. The aviation industry is dead calm right now but like the stock market it will jump back. Airlines aren’t hiring, no one is traveling and the economy just plain stinks. It’s times [...]

Right around Thanksgiving I posted a cool video of the ICON A5 Seaplane from Icon Aircraft. Well, treat this post as a continuation of the former and direct yourself to these wonderful and exciting images of the ICON A5 from 2008. What a way to close out the year! Hope you enjoy!

Needless to say Oshkosh was incredible. It was my first time going and I was blown away. I couldn’t believe the number of aircraft that were there in one place. It was overwhelming.  I’m not going to write much about it because words can’t express the feelings you experience. Exhilaration is one word that comes [...]

This morning I had the pleasure of taking the left seat with my father-in-law in his Twin Comanche. It wasn’t an official first lesson but it sure felt like one. The family is flying up to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh this summer and I needed to learn some basic flying skills to help out the pilot [...]

After months of searching and research, I found my new flight instructor this weekend. His name is Teddy and he has a great promotional video for his new students to watch that demonstrates his amazing flying skills and teaching style. I was so impressed by his spin recovery that I immediately signed up. I’ll of [...]

Haven’t posted here in a while due to the enjoyment of relaxing and fatting around during the holidays. I took five days off from retail hell to sit around the fire, drink some red wine and relish the time with my finance and family. Its been nice but back to reality later today. Time to [...]

Yesterday I went to Atlanta to checkout the Aviation Atlanta flight school based out of PDK (Peachteee/Dekalb). My first impression was positive. It seemed that the school was very busy and from a business perspective that’s a good thing. I’d rather see it busy than dead. They must be doing something right.  One of their [...]

Here is an excellent Google video on an Private Pilot Oral Exam. I imagine that once I get to this point, the exam will be very similar to this one. Doesn’t seem to bad if you’re well prepared. The length of the oral exam is up the particular FAA examiner. This one lasts about 90 [...]

So far in preparation for my future flight training, I have two great books under my belt: Your Pilot’s License by Jerry A. Eichenberger and Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying by Wolfgang Langewiesche.
Your Pilots License is a great book to begin with. It’s very basic in its conception and it [...]

I’m currently thinking about going the route of finding an Independent Flight Instructor for my flight training instead of going to a flight school. I came upon a school called Skybound Aviation based out of Dekalb (PDK) county in GA. I sat down with a flight instructor and he gave some me great advice about [...]