by Charlie Gasmire | May 6, 2019 | Aviation FAQs, Pilot Advice
Once you become a private pilot, the usual next step (if you continue your training) is to get your instrument rating. This will certify you to fly with reduced visibility and not being able to see outside the airplane. It’s a pretty challenging rating and most pilots...
by Charlie Gasmire | May 6, 2019 | Aviation FAQs
Nearly everyone has been on an airline flight at some point in their lives and seen the word from a 30,000 foot (often more) foot view. It’s amazing up there and one of the reasons you go that high is so that you can go fast, unobstructed by the world below or by the...
by Charlie Gasmire | May 6, 2019 | Aviation FAQs
If you plan on continued training after your private pilot’s license, generally the progression is to get your instrument rating next. Not only will becoming instrument rated make you a better and more proficient pilot, it will also allow you to fly more because you...
by Charlie Gasmire | Apr 29, 2019 | Aviation FAQs
Learning to fly an airplane is a real adrenaline rush, but nothing compares to the first time the instructor isn’t in the plane. It’s a routine flight that you’ve made many times by this point, but there’s something about the instructor getting out and saying “she’s...
by Charlie Gasmire | Apr 23, 2019 | Aviation FAQs
It’s an experience unlike any other… soloing an airplane for the first time is a mixture of pure thrill, focus, and if we’re all being honest, a little dose of uncertainty. You know you can fly the airplane and have already demonstrated that, but...
by Charlie Gasmire | Apr 22, 2019 | Aviation FAQs, Pilot Advice
I have received a lot (but not all) of my formal flight training from American Flyers in Addison, Texas (though they have several locations across the country). I have completed my private pilot’s license, my instrument (and follow-on IPCs or instrument proficiency...
