Instrument Flying
I haven’t been posting much recently but that doesn’t mean I’m not listening to your feedback or watching what is going on! There seems to be 3 popular subjects that I hear quite a bit about that people would like to see added to the site. One is instrument flying stuff. The site was originally designed for students or new pilots but I’ve noticed many experienced pilots visit too. Those pilots and private pilots would like to see some posts or training on instrument flying. Feel free to comment and let me know what you’d like to learn with IFR flying.
Real World Cross Country Training
Many pilots out there have never flown far from home because they are nervous about doing so. They’re weak in aviation weather, flight planning or navigation in general so they never leave their local area. Some are unsure of how to plan a long trip or don’t know how to handle things along the way when stopping for fuel or overnight due to weather.
I’ve been asked if I’ve thought about actually offering real world VFR or IFR cross country training. This is an internet business so I had never really thought of it but I do love flying and after thinking about it, I thought it probably would be fun to do. I do love teaching people after all. I am considering adding this to my site as an option for plane owners. I would offer either a day trip or an overnight option with detailed training covering every aspect of planning and flying cross country. I’d really like to hear more feedback before I work on adding this to see exactly what you would want to get out of it.
Flight Instructor Help
I have to say, I was very surprised to see that many of the people that have bought my flight training products are Flight Instructors. Flight instructor training is important too. As a flight instructor, you should always keep up on the latest technology and look for ways to help your students understand better. I’ve done very well and had great success with my students pass rate. There are many new flight instructors out there with limited experience that are still unsure and are looking for better ways to do things. They are still trying to figure out how to handle a certain situation or student and don’t have the experience to figure it out.
There are also older, more experienced flight instructors that don’t teach regularly and don’t know all the new regulations. They also don’t realize how tough things have gotten since they got their license many years ago. There may be experienced flight instructors that teach regularly but just can’t figure out how to get the message through to their student. Any way you look at it, instructor are always learning.
These are some of the reasons instructors are buying my flight training products. Most of the flight training materials are dry and hard to understand. I know I teach different than that. I try to make things more visual and easy to understand. I’ve had good luck with it so far. As a matter of fact, I just had an instrument student pass his check-ride yesterday and the examiner said that he was very well prepared. She said that she doesn’t see applicants come in that often that were as well prepared as my student was. I focus on what seems to work with most.
Due to all the CFI’s out there buying my stuff, I am considering putting together a coaching program of some kind to help you with real world flight instructor training. It won’t be the same old boring FAA technical stuff. It will be designed to help you pass all your student with no problem. They will be better, safer pilots because of it and the examiners (yes, even FAA) will love you for how well you prep your students. If you’re as tired as I am of all the poor pilots being put out there, then my goal is to help you make a difference. I’d love to hear from flight instructors, whether this is something you’d be interested in. This would be a very time consuming project to work on but if you guys really want it, I’d put something together and I’d try to keep the cost as reasonable as I could.
Please let me know what you think!
Joe