I'm a pre-newbie, planning to start training this summer. These videos are amazing, and I found them by surprise. I began searching the web for things like how to find a CFI in my area and these videos started popping up as well. It's amazing how much material is out there, and once I start training, I'm sure the ability to pick up tips from many different sources will be valuable.

I would have told him to keep quiet and stop touching the Gizmos...

Wait till you fly in to sun and fun. Lots of aircraft all heading to the same asphalt.

I listen to ATC on line and I bought a VHF radio from Sporty's and I use it as a scanner. I have developed an ear for the language though flying, and I keep my head in the game.

@@wicked1172 very smart, move and very good flight training doing what you just said.

@@daffidavit I downloaded LiveATC when I started 8 months ago and now it’s way easier to communicate and understand.

@@kyle42903 Yes Sir. It's all about exposure to learning to understand what ATC is saying. ATC is good with pilots. They can tell when somebody is a newbie and they compensate very well. Then they speed up for the professionals. Keep listening and practicing and it will be even more fun.

Seriously. I thought I wouldn't watch the whole thing when I hit play but here I am at the end.

@@HittokiriBatosai 🛫📖🛬 Not all videos are created equal, And this one really proved that point because it had relevant substance that everybody needs if you're going to be flying in marginal weather. GOD Bless

Back around 1979 while I was still flight instructing about 25 miles west of Chicago at KDPA and attending graduate (Law) school I was working as a flight instructor every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at DuPage Aviation, a flight school that no longer exists. My chief pilot, Herbert Spencer (Spence) was an ex-P-51 fighter pilot in WWII, who had to make two emergency landings. So I learned stick and rudder skills from one of the best pilots I ever met. The only other pilot I was proud to train with was Ralph Nelson out of KCDW back in the early 1970s who was a DPE and also owned a Decathlon aerobatic tailwheel airplane. He taught me how to recover from spins and how to do "snap rolls", aileron rolls and snap rolls on top of a loop. Those lessons, though few, were worth their weight in gold. I no longer fear teaching students full power on stalls in a C-152. A funny story, back around 1973 or so, a student pilot of mine was learning how to recover from power on climbing turn departure stalls. Of course, as usual most students do not apply enough right rudder in the right climbing turn to a stall. When the power on stall finally occurred, the student did not have enough right rudder to prevent the stall to "turn over the top". Thus, the climbing right turn ended up in a stall when it suddenly snapped over the top to the left and began to enter into a left spin. We were at a very high altitude in the practice area and I was well-prepared for this event to occur. What I was not ready for was when the stall occurred and the airplane snapped from a climbing right turn into a left spin entry, my student suddenly took both hands off of the control wheel and used both of his hand to suddenly grabbed my left leg with all of his strength and might. What did I do? A big smile came across my face, not because I liked other guys grabbing my leg, but because my student gave up the ghost and completely relied upon me to save his butt. Little was he aware that we were over 4000 ft agl and there was absolutely nothing to worry about. I immediately took over and recovered from an incipient spin and brought the airplane back to straight and level flight. My student (not a learner, and whoever came up with that weak term should go back and get a new M.S. degree IMHO) was an electrical engineer and likely had a higher IQ than me when it came to mathematics. But at that moment, he learned a good lesson. Later, after a long debrief, he asked me to take him up again and repeat the same lesson maneuver. After a long ground school lesson on basic stall aerodynamics, my student had the nads to demand that we go up again and confront the beast. After some practice, he no longer was afraid of power on climbing turn (departure) stalls. This was one of the most memorable flight experiences I've had in my life. He eventually obtained his PP license. I hope my "student" went on to purchase a nice airplane like a Bonanza, or a Mooney or a C-182. Flight Instructing at such a young age is a way to learn the fast track about how other people perceive things in their lives. I hope I've learned something along the way as well. You new pilots and for your future safety. Remember this, as fun as aviation is, according to John and Marth King, general aviation has a similar statistical safety record as people who ride motorcycles. So if you wish to become a pilot, you must treat aviation with much more respect than people who ride motorcycles. Please keep that in mind, it's not for the faint of heart, nor is it as dangerous as people who jump out of airplanes with parachutes just for the fun of it. You must decide how much risk you are willing to take in your life and balance it from being a boring life to one that could be exceptional. General Aviation will provide you with an exceptional life and you will fly to places and experience things others can only dream of. But there are risks to consider. You can either sit on your couch and live without fear, or you can enjoy one of the most exciting experiences life has to offer. You don't need to be a genius to pass the written and flight tests, you just need to do some very hard studies. It's your choice, sitting on the couch or flying to places like Martha's Vinyard for a Lobster Eggs Benedict breakfast after landing at Katama (1B2) on a grass runway where the airport lease must grant pilots first priority for breakfast, even before the Obama reservations. Just think of that as a privilege. You fly in and land and get to sit outside on a picnic table while President Obama and his wife must wait in line as you have legal priority before them according to the written lease by the former owner of the airport. God bless you all.

@@daffidavit as a motcycle rider for the last 50 years I can relate to what you say ....Had so many close calls (This past Friday the 13th was no exception had to dodge an F-250 that wanted my lane) I'm an avid but serious Flight simmer and handling all the junk coming at you will tighten that gut up lol ... flown a pa28 a few years back didn't last long enough KCSG to KLGC for fuel up and return still working on my rudder skills maybe another introduction flight is in order soon maybe one a year as I'll never get my pp pushing 60 next year

Agreed, back in 2001 when I was prepping for my checkride I was doing same. Never did it in an airplane though and I miss the paper charts. Even so, wouldn't turn in my GPS(s), ADSB, EFB, and autopilot!

I just got my license and if your instructor is decent they will teach this to you 😂 I did this on my checkride and impressed the examiner

@@daffidavit Thank you for your post. I didn't know about the King's comments regarding motorcycles and aviation. I use to ride motorcycles but gave riding up 10 or 11 years ago as I just had too many close calls. In 2020 my Dad approached me and said that he had a deal for me. He had a guy who wanted to keep his plane at my Dad's private airstrip. In return I would get free flight instruction. I spoke to the boss (my Wife.... notice W is capital lol) and said I wanted to do it. I have always wanted to become a pilot but for some excuse after another excuse I just didn't do it. Fast forward to today. Every time I take off I am scared of what can happen. My wife and I have talked about this many times and we both feel that I need to live life rather than just going through life. Hope all has a great day.

Both ways may have been safe. That said, I can’t tell from this video.

@@jimziemer474 Maybe may be too late. .

Good luck on your XC. Always have an out like they did. I've outrun or flown around WX on a few occasions, and always there was sunshine and higher ceilings I could turn toward if the situation deteriorated.

ADS-B tells him which direction to look, though.

Because the laws of physics are immutable and unforgiving when you elect to violate them. That makes people generally more polite.

...and turning difficulty into controlled ease. But with traffic and vmc/imc like that, a new pilot simply avoids it while learning.