วันจันทร์ที่ 18 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2552

I'm going to learn piloting, what are things i can start on my own between now and Saturday (my flying lesson)

วันจันทร์ที่ 18 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2552
I've got books they gave me. What are the right chapters to focus on before a flying lesson? I'm going Saturday. Thanks.


Learn, your terminology, phonetic alphabet, your navigation (compass points) and familiarize yourself with the instruments, but you wont need them too much your first time. PS.. the hardest thing for me to get used to was steering the plane on the ground with the pedals, so try and prepare yourself mentally, if you are a driver your instinct is to turn the yoke. Good Luck!!

How to properly toss your lunch into the barf bag.

Your first flight lesson is mostly a general "get to know the airplane" session. Read the first few chapters, but navigation, radio terminology, weather... all will come later.

Just be familiar with the controls, what the yoke does, the pedals, what the control surfaces are all called and what they do. If you're feeling ahead of the ballgame, maybe study the preflight procedures and the startup checklist. You will be walked through it all anyway.

Later, you'll be expected to know more specific things about your airplane, such as at what speeds does your airplane like to do things.

Most importantly, don't forget to have fun and good luck!

Get the POH (Pilot's Operating Handbook) for the airplane you'll be taking lessons in. Familiarize yourself with everything in it.

Especially memorize the checklists and the speeds and trace through all of the systems. Learn how the systems work and imagine all of the things that can go wrong and how you'll react.

I also agree with some of the previous answers; especially "learn how to toss your lunch into a bag". Don't feel bad if you get airsick. Don't fail to tell your instructor as soon as you feel queasy. Don't eat chocolate cookies before you fly. It took me about four or five lessons before I stopped feeling queasy before the lesson was over.

The other answer I especially agree with is that you should enjoy yourself. Don't forget to look outside and enjoy the view.

Happy Landings

buy the flight simulator, buy books about aviation and learn i.e. the instruments or the airspaces.

What's the approach speed? What's the stall speed? What's the glide speed?

Learn about the systems too, engine and electronic. buying flight sim doesnt help much on learn how to manuevers the airplane, but help you to learn navigation, get some picture how the ATC works. best luck!

If it's your first lesson, then you don't have much to worry about. Just sit back and enjoy the fact that you are going to learn what one half of one percent of the world population knows how to do.

The instructor knows you don't know anything, and he'll save you from any mistake you could possibly make. He won't expect you to know anything about VORs, transponders, MOAs and radio lingo. Just be excited that's all.

Have fun!

read books

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