What's so funny about that? If I self-service my C-172 and top the tanks off I guarantee you it's a heavy when I'm trying to get it in my T-hangar....lol

Imagine hearing “United 5580 Heavy caution wake turbulence from the departing skyhawk” on the tower frequency 😂

@@rexr3306 "Delta 3474, caution prop wash from the piper on taxiway bravo" 😂😂

"After a long day of flying".. Thats why the FAA introduced Part 117 to the airline world!

Thanks mate! No matter what your level is, never get comfortable!

Andrew Martin welcome to the channel mate! That would be the cameras making it seem like large patterns haha. On this particular day ATC made me extend a few times too

Thank you. Welcome aboard!

Welcome to the channel!

GG Aviation y’all have to get a night rating in UK? Interesting

@@lukecole6203 Affirm Sir , usually PPL, then Night Rating, then IR(R) then ... the list goes on :)

@@lukecole6203 Affirm Sir

GG Aviation that’s interesting, we don’t have to get a rating to fly at night. We did have to have so many night hours for ppl though

What in the hell! Lololol

@@Zeeno What is funny?

He was buzzing that wakeboarder.

haha thanks mate

HAHA float rating 😂 get lost!

haha the real thing is much better! 1 hour on the hobbs

The ATR sim was great! I'm yet to fly the real thing but you'll hear about it when I do!

@@LewDixAviation Looking forward to it !!

haha Thats insane

Eli K i wear polarised using steam gauges and Garmin GPS no dramas at all in fact I reckon they’re better. Only an issue with glass.

Usually come in with a bit more airspeed for the full soft field landing but this was just a practice on using the soft field technique to hold the nose up.

Thank you! You may benefit from this video. It’s a little more detailed. Landings Are Difficult After 19 Years Without Flying kzfaq.info/get/bejne/htBlZrpzv76-qoE.html

@@LewDixAviation Thanks.

Thank you for that Tim! I’m glad you found some entertainment even with me just talking to the camera. More to come! Including a real life Dani!

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iLZ7qM6Qv8-ZYY0.html Don't mind the silly antics

True. But some of it has to do with it being a warm day and he is holding the door open for ventilation.

I find it to be.

Hey man! The POH in this bird only recommends carb heat when you suspect carb ice. That’s been the case for all the PA28’s I’ve flown.

@@LewDixAviation Cheers for the quick answer man! pretty cool to see the different type of recommendations per country or region I guess. Flying in the Netherlands and it doesn't matter what weather it is they still recommend it.

To slow down for the aircraft ahead. Flaps increase lift AND drag, and help you maintain a speed. Practice slow flight with your instructor and you’ll understand

@@LewDixAviation ah, ok! Thank you for the reply!

I think being nervous for solo flight is normal but it should go away as you do it more. I think panic attacks would be nervousness x100 and could be quite hazardous. When is the last time you did some solo pattern work? When is the last time you flew with a CFI? Maybe try flying with a CFI and tell them not to say one word during the whole flight..like they aren't there... and then do that for a couple flights and then kick 'em out and do some solo time and see if you feel better?

Dan G Last i solod in the pattern was about a year ago my last solo was a 50nm flight which was my last and I have not flown since May 2019

ahh yeah I'd spend some time with a CFI in the plane. and see how that works out?

Dan G I sure will. Thanks for your help

WyTCH, I have had my own experiences dealing with fear and anxiety in aircraft. As a students pilot I had gotten into a spin unintentionally during a dual flight with my instructor. That fear stayed with me for more than 40 years even thought I knew how to recover from a spin. Ten years later, as a flight instructor, I started to develop an anxiety (or fear) about flying. I Never missed a flight over it, but never discovered the reason I became anxious. Try and determine if the panic attack was caused by a lack of knowledge, experience, confidence or an unknown. There is nothing wrong with staying in the practice area of your local airport until you fell comfortable going to an airport that.could be only 10-25 miles away. Repeat that flight with your instructor as many times as it takes for you to feel comfortable making that flight. Flying can be stressful even for experienced pilots.

Yep. I add some for safety.

The Finer Points haha the mother isn’t putting her license on the line.. a much easier position to be in haha

@@LewDixAviation What was that questions supposed to do except make me nervous? Or make her feel better ... I said, "Absolutely" :-)

@@TheFinerPoints Hahahahaha...My mother showed up to watch me fly, did not know i was on 1st solo...She never met my instructor, as she over heard him say....."I don't think Sammy is ready yet, what have i done?." sounds like a joke , but it really happened...as i taxied by after 1st shaky landing, (using whole runway) lot of toe brakes to not go off end of runway.... i saw my mom, and.... my instructor, white as a sheet, eyes bugging out....motioning me to "get it over with, you got 2 more".

Hey Rick!

Definitely not.. good job they had the wakeboarder there to save me if need be

I never understood big patterns. If the fan up front quits... Where you gonna go? My instructor, even at ATP, had me making my crosswind/base turns constant turns and keeping the downind leg within a half mile. I dont understand gigantic box patters unless your patter speed is 150knots.

Thats riddle for you tho.. They might as well teach cows to fly, coz they milk their students for everything they've got haha. Nah I don't do the club things, I rent from a guy I've known for a long time

I’m a CFI and have the necessary skills to do so haha.

Haha you’re absolutely right. The ENGINE DRIVEN fuel pump is on when the engine is on. We also have an electrical fuel pump for redundancy. It aids in starting the aircraft and is a backup to the engine driven throughout flight

@@LewDixAviation so you turn on the second pump as a "just in case" as no one wants problems especially when landing! Again, great videos, your manner of instructing is calm and informative. Well done sir, well done!

Ray Quinn yea it’s a backup for if the engine one fails. Thank you for the kind words!

It’s in reference to the Precision Approach Path Indicator. There are a set of lights offset from the runway which emit lights. Depending your altitude they will show different colours to show you if you are high, low or on glide path. All white = above glide path All red = below glide path 2 white, 2 red = on glide path

Depends what plane you’re flying

@@LewDixAviation dis pa28

@@lars808 then usually no. POH only requires carb heat when you suspect carb ice

@@LewDixAviation thank you my good Sir... you have been and still are my idol in flight Training

Technically speaking there are subtle differences, primarily the wings. The Cherokees have hershey bar wings and the warriors have tapered but to be honest its like Pepsi and Coke. Everyone uses them interchangeably. Just don't call it an Arrow... lol

@@LewDixAviation Haha fair enough. Thanks for curing my curiosity!

Please ask your instructor to show you. When you’re at an airline you can’t say “my instructor never showed me how to land with full flaps” haha

@@LewDixAviation I will ✈🥸, is there a big difference of landing with 3 notches then let say 2 or or 1 or even flapless ?

Paul Crooks how do you know?

Looking and turning to right. I want to come see you . Send me you number. I’m happy that you responded.

All flight instructors sit in right seat...while the student pilots in (left pilot's seat).....so, he's probably very used to the right seat.....

I'm a changed man...... Which means I'm a woman now!

@@LewDixAviation 😅

All flight instructors sit in right seat, while training students, (who sit in left)....and instructor is so used to that position...As a new private pilot, i always sit in the left seat....tried sitting in the right seat.........so weird, and awkward.

Because I can

He is also a flight instructor. You will find that most flight instructors will fly from the right seat because that is what they have become used to doing when teaching students. The sight picture is different than flying in the left seat and it is what they have become used to.

Greg Ellis I concur my good sir!

2 reasons....All flight instructors sit in right seat, while students sit in left.....so he's used to that seat.....and ( possibly).... closer to the door, where he can open door, for ventilation during taxi on a hot day.

Orlando Executive (KORL)

@@LewDixAviation Thx

Knowledge based yes, ifr is the hardest part. Skill based landing is the hardest

Yea me too

Or just a sh*t pilot?