Your instructor is a smart kid. The airlines are looking for guys just like him, he won't be instructing for too much longer if he is looking to move on.
You are amazing for several reasons. Your are way out of your comfort zone, learning something very new and very complex in every video. You are celebrating your victories and learning from the rough patches and you are doing it in public! That’s really to be admired! Congratulations on your progress thus far. 👍🇨🇦🇺🇸
So happy for you Kim. Glad to see you doing so well on your way to PIC. I always wished I could have done that, but circumstances have always prevented me. The first time in a private plane as a teen, I was nervous, so got in last (6 total passengers). The pilot never told me that last in was the co-pilot. We flew for a couple of hours with me on the controls over Long Island Sound. Never will forget the feeling. It was incredible.
Man I wish I could fly again. Watching you go through this is taking me back to when I got my PPL in Tampa and much of what you are experiencing I so understand. I also had an amazing instructor who led me through the initial 'am I going to get this moments' and while he didn't say this phrase out loud, one I learned later on in life as I got older an wiser..... Don't let perfect be the enemy of good. the corollary of that is what I learned in racing sailboats, 'the mistake is behind us, the finish in front. Don't look back, learn and go forward.' You are doing wonderful and I so hope you record your solo cross-country. I aced my tandem xcntry, got lost on the second, with a stone silent instructor (you going to get lost again?) I aced my third and earned my solo. When I landed home the day of my solo I felt I just earned freedom.
Every landing doesn't have to be perfect, every call doesn't have to be flawless, every turn doesn't have to be either. Fly safely, land safely, you did those things. Always try for perfection, but don't get flustered if you merely achieve "good enough". If would be boring if you didn't have any way to improve!
Aviate, navigate, then communicate. Those will always be your first tasks, in that order of importance. Everything else is just detail work. Get your fundamentals down, and the rest will follow! Way to go, Kim!
Learning to fly is a hard thing to do, and unnatural having to control 3 dimensions. I struggled with at the time steep turns which were 60 degs back in the day, and 8’s across a road. Keep at it, after 50 years of flying, I can say it is well worth the effort.
A random go around is not necessarily A bad thing. One of my instructors used to tell me that a landing was a go around with an option to land. Great videos guys and as always thanks for bringing us along with you.
Always ready to go around and there is absolutely nothing shameful about it. I think my instructor was more impressed with every go around decision than a good landing.
Excellent video series! Two observations/suggestions: (1) If available, get in the habit of requesting VFR flight following. Yes, adds an extra few steps and more radio comms but is a good safety habit to build as you get toward private (and beyond). (2) If not in communications with ATC, monitor guard frequency on primary or standby radio. One less thing to do in an emergency. I know these videos are edited for time so it's possible all that was happening in the background and just not included. Keep up the good work!
Loved seeing the go-around and that teeny bit of imperfection, best time to learn and practice! Thank you for sharing the good with the not-quite-perfect. I'm so hugely proud of you, Kim!!! You are such a great role model, grace under pressure!
Still loving the content with Kim. Wish I could be in her place. But unfortunately I can’t due to medical reasons. I am looking forward to her solo flight. So, would love to do what she is doing. All the props go to her and her instructor on this journey.
Said it before, as others have - big props (sorry for pun) that you decided to record and post your training, which necessarily will include when you make mistakes. Most of us wouldn't dare display our learning curves for all to see. Good for you, Kim (although your mistakes seem few!). I look forward to future installments of your Road to PIC.
When I did my simulated cross-country flight, my instructor wanted me to do upset flying demonstrations. He made me don my goggles and he then raised the nose and turned the aircraft and only then did he give me the plane. I executed the procedure flawlessly. I fooled him! I knew my procedures down pat.
You're doing well Kim! - It's all practice with a bit of new stuff every lesson, which also includes the option to land. Now that you've started flying from A to B, it all now gets much more interesting and a lot more fun!
This series has been just awesome!!! Kim, you are so capable and your seeing that. With the right skills you can get it done and your getting that skill with every flight!Perfect??? No such thing when flying!!! Always be safe, fly your best using all your skills and bring it home!!! A freaking plus!!! 👍🏻👍🏻😎😎😎
Light crosswind is much harder for students to recognize and deal with than are strong crosswinds which are easy to recognize and the bank angle to counter drift is more obvious. We have to get the to use rudder only to hold the centerline extended and centerline. If they are not comfortable with walking the rudders dynamically and proactively to bracket the centerline, at least yaw correct with rudder only. When she moves the aileron to bring a wing up, that wing slows a bit and the nose comes off target. Now she moves the yoke the other way. Wing waggers have lots of trouble with light crosswind. Tail waggers have no problems. Have her put her hands in her lap on cross country and keep the nose pointed (nose is between the legs) at a distant target exactly. If using DG, lubber line over the exact heading. This keeps the wing level even in gusts. If we don't let the nose come off target, the wing cannot go down to bank us into a turn. When we are crabbing, the sighting is from eye (back sight) to the target (front sight) to set the wind correction angle. The nose is off target upwind. On short final using the side slip method (yes, even with light crosswind) the centerline is between the legs. With either method, the wing is kept level with rudder only. Adverse yaw simply messes up otherwise good approaches. Aileron is not our friend when we wish not to turn, when we want to rudder only direct our course to the target. In the Cobra helicopter in Vietnam, I bracketed the target with anti-torque pedals (same as rudder) only to have any chance of hitting the target. I certainly did not want to turn. On short final, she certainly does not want to turn.
Wish her a graduation a job that she did give her some credit. Let's due it builds up her morale Pam. You did great keep up the? Good. Work? More experience that you get behind your belt the better pilot you'll be. You'll be more relaxed and calm
nice... i did my cross country last week.. i have my solo to do in a week or so.... im' hoping to get my checkride done by the end of april - preferably by the middle of april
Kim, you are an inspiration ... I have been watching your progress and because of you and BP decided to sign up for private pilot lessons. I originally booked the introductory flight but changed my mind after seeing your videos. One question though... why did you choose to take flying lessons in Ohio and not Florida?
Yeah don’t worry about “bad landings.” Happens to everyone, even experienced pilots. I remember watching another user’s video that pilots commercial flights. He said he flew a flight into I think John Wayne Airport in Orange County, and he admitted on video it wasn’t his best landing. I don’t think we see the actual landing on the video. On a side note, John Wayne Orange County Airport is tricky because of its short runway and noise regulations in the surrounding areas. That airport can’t accommodate anything larger than a 757 and they have to touch down as close to the aiming point as possible. Taking off, it’s a steeper than normal climb, followed by a power reduction due to noise regulations. I used to live in that area so flew in and out of that airport often.
Kim you really are coming along great. I agree with the comment below by @mattj6676. Looking forward to more of your x-country stuff and to see how sharp you are going to be as you get closer to the check ride! keep up the good work and thanks once again for sharing...moose
Kim good afternoon. I hope you're doing good and you're taking over. That's patrose and you're making your know how to operate that playing and you're. You're doing fantastic more than you for when you're 1st started off. You got yourself there you're gonna be a good Apollo? Just stick with it and you're doing fantastic you're getting you're getting things under your belt where. You're gonna use that in the future and you're gonna you wanna make a good pallet? I told you that long time ago you just gotta have faith in yourself and you're gonna makeup you're when you get your going to be a. Good pilot don't give up that all that work that you put through that. I got a lot of faith in you and as a woman. I know you could do it William a Smith.😊❤
I've following the series since the beginning, and loving it. Matt, on CTAF calls, do you normally have students announce intentions, e.g., full stop, touch-and-go, etc? Didn't notice Kim making such calls.
Being a high-time pilot with years of training, when I watch the short field landings, I cringed at the instruction given, especially cutting power and diving towards to the runway. Kim, a short-field landing can also be accomplished by flying a normal approach but making your runway aiming point about 25-feet before the runway starts (don't aim for the numbers). Then, simply round-out over that new aiming point. Thais way, you will touchdown on or before the numbers. Keeping your approaches consistent will always reward you with good landings. The other way of "chopping power and then diving towards the runway" makes no sense to me. Even needing to clear trees or an obstacle on the approach end, just come in steeper adding flaps while aiming about 25-feet before the beginning of the runway. 😎
diving over the fence is almost the definition of an unstable approach. The glide path should not vary on short final, fly steeper angle but you should not be changing you pitch attitude on final
Probably because the FAA's PHAK describes the 'tear drop' entry as the preferred method of pattern entry when approaching the airport from the upwind leg side of the airport. See also FAA Advisory Circular 90-66B, pages 8-9.
I stand corrected…only the government would have invented the tear drop entry…it’s almost like their goal is to make things more complicated. Wonder why they didn’t just do away with the upwind leg?
Kim, I'm a therapist and based on this video series you seem to be experiencing symptoms of anxiety which are causing you to get in your own way. Some anxiety is good, but too much can make you constantly second guess yourself, make your mind "go blank" during times of stress (like flight training), cause short-term memory issues, make your muscles tense and/or ache, and can make you feel on-edge. Message me if you'd like some free resources/help with reducing your symptoms. Not selling anything here, just paying it forward. I've been there and really struggled with my PPL due to anxiety.
Yeah give her the credit or the credit school ham is doing trying that you're the credit where the cred it should be more confident in herself then you. Should feel better
It's simple. She needs to relax more and the instructor needs to let her get away with less. Also, nothing wrong with a go-around. That should be a normal tool that you are ready to use.
She is a BADASS!!!! Fast learner and great attention to detail. Simply AMAZING!!!
Your instructor is a smart kid. The airlines are looking for guys just like him, he won't be instructing for too much longer if he is looking to move on.
Kim looks so much more comfortable in the pilot’s seat. She is doing so well. Congrats!
This flightinstructor has to be promoted by at least a thump up. Cool Collective AND reassuring the trainee to fly a airplane !!
You are amazing for several reasons. Your are way out of your comfort zone, learning something very new and very complex in every video. You are celebrating your victories and learning from the rough patches and you are doing it in public! That’s really to be admired! Congratulations on your progress thus far. 👍🇨🇦🇺🇸
Cross country training is a lot of fun but you can get overwhelmed easily.
Good job Kim. You got this!
It's wonderful to see Kim's progress
That was a good job Kim. Your getting the experience and that’s great. Keep up the good work. Captain Ben
Fleming-Mason was the first airport I went to for a cross country after getting my PPl. So cool to see airports from my local area on UA-cam.
So happy for you Kim. Glad to see you doing so well on your way to PIC. I always wished I could have done that, but circumstances have always prevented me. The first time in a private plane as a teen, I was nervous, so got in last (6 total passengers). The pilot never told me that last in was the co-pilot. We flew for a couple of hours with me on the controls over Long Island Sound. Never will forget the feeling. It was incredible.
Man I wish I could fly again. Watching you go through this is taking me back to when I got my PPL in Tampa and much of what you are experiencing I so understand. I also had an amazing instructor who led me through the initial 'am I going to get this moments' and while he didn't say this phrase out loud, one I learned later on in life as I got older an wiser.....
Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.
the corollary of that is what I learned in racing sailboats, 'the mistake is behind us, the finish in front. Don't look back, learn and go forward.'
You are doing wonderful and I so hope you record your solo cross-country. I aced my tandem xcntry, got lost on the second, with a stone silent instructor (you going to get lost again?) I aced my third and earned my solo. When I landed home the day of my solo I felt I just earned freedom.
This is awesome!!! You are doing great Kim!!!!!! I can see your confidence is slowly rising as well.
Every landing doesn't have to be perfect, every call doesn't have to be flawless, every turn doesn't have to be either. Fly safely, land safely, you did those things. Always try for perfection, but don't get flustered if you merely achieve "good enough". If would be boring if you didn't have any way to improve!
Stick with it, Kim! You're learning things on every flight, including how to understand and critique yourself... all part of the process! :)
Aviate, navigate, then communicate. Those will always be your first tasks, in that order of importance. Everything else is just detail work. Get your fundamentals down, and the rest will follow! Way to go, Kim!
Kim you are doing a great job of learning these new skills keep it up.
Great job flying. Remember, all it takes is flight time, flight time,………. You will be a master. Best wishes.
Making great progress Kim, those landings will come. You're learning something every flight and that's always part of the mission!
Thumbs up 👍. Wind 🌬️ is as wind does your just riding the waves 🌊 it’s okay to pick out another.
Watching this series is very enjoyable and a walk down memory lane. Thanks Christopher!
Learning to fly is a hard thing to do, and unnatural having to control 3 dimensions. I struggled with at the time steep turns which were 60 degs back in the day, and 8’s across a road. Keep at it, after 50 years of flying, I can say it is well worth the effort.
A random go around is not necessarily A bad thing. One of my instructors used to tell me that a landing was a go around with an option to land. Great videos guys and as always thanks for bringing us along with you.
Always ready to go around and there is absolutely nothing shameful about it. I think my instructor was more impressed with every go around decision than a good landing.
@@ladderman1090 Absolutely and very well said brother.
Nice job Kim, you did great.
Excellent video series! Two observations/suggestions: (1) If available, get in the habit of requesting VFR flight following. Yes, adds an extra few steps and more radio comms but is a good safety habit to build as you get toward private (and beyond). (2) If not in communications with ATC, monitor guard frequency on primary or standby radio. One less thing to do in an emergency. I know these videos are edited for time so it's possible all that was happening in the background and just not included. Keep up the good work!
Great job… Smoothing out the ruff edges.
Great job Kim..just keep it going and you'll be doing your check ride before you know it, I can't wait to see you flying the baron
Loved seeing the go-around and that teeny bit of imperfection, best time to learn and practice! Thank you for sharing the good with the not-quite-perfect. I'm so hugely proud of you, Kim!!! You are such a great role model, grace under pressure!
Still loving the content with Kim. Wish I could be in her place. But unfortunately I can’t due to medical reasons. I am looking forward to her solo flight. So, would love to do what she is doing. All the props go to her and her instructor on this journey.
Love this series, it is new and familiar all at once.
Good morning from Minnesota! Great episode!
Said it before, as others have - big props (sorry for pun) that you decided to record and post your training, which necessarily will include when you make mistakes. Most of us wouldn't dare display our learning curves for all to see. Good for you, Kim (although your mistakes seem few!). I look forward to future installments of your Road to PIC.
When I did my simulated cross-country flight, my instructor wanted me to do upset flying demonstrations. He made me don my goggles and he then raised the nose and turned the aircraft and only then did he give me the plane. I executed the procedure flawlessly. I fooled him! I knew my procedures down pat.
Kim, always get stabilized on your approach. This the most important thing to do when landing!
You're doing well Kim! - It's all practice with a bit of new stuff every lesson, which also includes the option to land. Now that you've started flying from A to B, it all now gets much more interesting and a lot more fun!
This series has been just awesome!!! Kim, you are so capable and your seeing that. With the right skills you can get it done and your getting that skill with every flight!Perfect??? No such thing when flying!!! Always be safe, fly your best using all your skills and bring it home!!! A freaking plus!!! 👍🏻👍🏻😎😎😎
Practice practice practice. You are doing great
Light crosswind is much harder for students to recognize and deal with than are strong crosswinds which are easy to recognize and the bank angle to counter drift is more obvious. We have to get the to use rudder only to hold the centerline extended and centerline. If they are not comfortable with walking the rudders dynamically and proactively to bracket the centerline, at least yaw correct with rudder only. When she moves the aileron to bring a wing up, that wing slows a bit and the nose comes off target. Now she moves the yoke the other way. Wing waggers have lots of trouble with light crosswind. Tail waggers have no problems. Have her put her hands in her lap on cross country and keep the nose pointed (nose is between the legs) at a distant target exactly. If using DG, lubber line over the exact heading. This keeps the wing level even in gusts. If we don't let the nose come off target, the wing cannot go down to bank us into a turn. When we are crabbing, the sighting is from eye (back sight) to the target (front sight) to set the wind correction angle. The nose is off target upwind. On short final using the side slip method (yes, even with light crosswind) the centerline is between the legs. With either method, the wing is kept level with rudder only. Adverse yaw simply messes up otherwise good approaches. Aileron is not our friend when we wish not to turn, when we want to rudder only direct our course to the target. In the Cobra helicopter in Vietnam, I bracketed the target with anti-torque pedals (same as rudder) only to have any chance of hitting the target. I certainly did not want to turn. On short final, she certainly does not want to turn.
Wish her a graduation a job that she did give her some credit. Let's due it builds up her morale Pam. You did great keep up the? Good. Work? More experience that you get behind your belt the better pilot you'll be. You'll be more relaxed and calm
wish I would get such a nice and understanding instructor!
Great job, Kim!
16:40 First land away, nice landing
Congrats, Kim... happy for you.
Yup birds do stall I believe, like when they land. They have an innate ability to manage energy, mind boggling!
Loving it! Keep 'em coming. 👍
It’s challenging to transition from the euphoria of earning your Private and getting back in the saddle to get back to work.
nice... i did my cross country last week.. i have my solo to do in a week or so.... im' hoping to get my checkride done by the end of april - preferably by the middle of april
Well done.... you've come a long way and doing well.... :)
I’m taking lessons currently also, flying in a Champ and it’s a blast
I bet it is! Hope you find this series helpful!
@@BaronPilot I do find it helpful, thanks for posting
More and more, PIC!
Kim, you are an inspiration ... I have been watching your progress and because of you and BP decided to sign up for private pilot lessons. I originally booked the introductory flight but changed my mind after seeing your videos. One question though... why did you choose to take flying lessons in Ohio and not Florida?
Yeah don’t worry about “bad landings.” Happens to everyone, even experienced pilots. I remember watching another user’s video that pilots commercial flights. He said he flew a flight into I think John Wayne Airport in Orange County, and he admitted on video it wasn’t his best landing. I don’t think we see the actual landing on the video.
On a side note, John Wayne Orange County Airport is tricky because of its short runway and noise regulations in the surrounding areas. That airport can’t accommodate anything larger than a 757 and they have to touch down as close to the aiming point as possible. Taking off, it’s a steeper than normal climb, followed by a power reduction due to noise regulations. I used to live in that area so flew in and out of that airport often.
Kim you really are coming along great. I agree with the comment below by @mattj6676. Looking forward to more of your x-country stuff and to see how sharp you are going to be as you get closer to the check ride! keep up the good work and thanks once again for sharing...moose
Kim good afternoon. I hope you're doing good and you're taking over. That's patrose and you're making your know how to operate that playing and you're. You're doing fantastic more than you for when you're 1st started off. You got yourself there you're gonna be a good Apollo? Just stick with it and you're doing fantastic you're getting you're getting things under your belt where. You're gonna use that in the future and you're gonna you wanna make a good pallet? I told you that long time ago you just gotta have faith in yourself and you're gonna makeup you're when you get your going to be a. Good pilot don't give up that all that work that you put through that. I got a lot of faith in you and as a woman. I know you could do it William a Smith.😊❤
Good job honey you're doing good
I've following the series since the beginning, and loving it.
Matt, on CTAF calls, do you normally have students announce intentions, e.g., full stop, touch-and-go, etc? Didn't notice Kim making such calls.
Matt did tell her to say “inbound for landing”, but Kim never did.
@@coreymcdonald7745 Thanks for mentioning that.
Worked on short fields today…. Felt all of this…
Ugh the struggle is real!😩
Good luck!
Meanwhile poor 75 whiskey is feeling forgotten about....🥺
Welcome to Buffalo New York weather. Two storms like that so far this year waiting for an ice storm tonight
Being a high-time pilot with years of training, when I watch the short field landings, I cringed at the instruction given, especially cutting power and diving towards to the runway. Kim, a short-field landing can also be accomplished by flying a normal approach but making your runway aiming point about 25-feet before the runway starts (don't aim for the numbers). Then, simply round-out over that new aiming point. Thais way, you will touchdown on or before the numbers. Keeping your approaches consistent will always reward you with good landings. The other way of "chopping power and then diving towards the runway" makes no sense to me. Even needing to clear trees or an obstacle on the approach end, just come in steeper adding flaps while aiming about 25-feet before the beginning of the runway. 😎
I just made the same comment. the pitch down followed by a sharp round out is going to induce a left yaw, you can see it in each of her landings.
Uncontrolled airports especially, helpful to say aircraft type not just N number.
Was wondering how much is gone over in preflight. I feel there are new events sometimes.
diving over the fence is almost the definition of an unstable approach. The glide path should not vary on short final, fly steeper angle but you should not be changing you pitch attitude on final
Just remember. IFR means I fly Roads or Railroads!
Only a flight school would have invented the tear drop entry...why not just enter the cross wind? KISS method!
Probably because the FAA's PHAK describes the 'tear drop' entry as the preferred method of pattern entry when approaching the airport from the upwind leg side of the airport. See also FAA Advisory Circular 90-66B, pages 8-9.
I stand corrected…only the government would have invented the tear drop entry…it’s almost like their goal is to make things more complicated. Wonder why they didn’t just do away with the upwind leg?
Birds DO stall --- when they are chicks
Kim, I'm a therapist and based on this video series you seem to be experiencing symptoms of anxiety which are causing you to get in your own way. Some anxiety is good, but too much can make you constantly second guess yourself, make your mind "go blank" during times of stress (like flight training), cause short-term memory issues, make your muscles tense and/or ache, and can make you feel on-edge. Message me if you'd like some free resources/help with reducing your symptoms. Not selling anything here, just paying it forward. I've been there and really struggled with my PPL due to anxiety.
Wonderful offer!
First! 😂
Yeah give her the credit or the credit school ham is doing trying that you're the credit where the cred it should be more confident in herself then you. Should feel better
Blow Fish permission to land, hold it your going to have to talk me down got some issues.
It's simple. She needs to relax more and the instructor needs to let her get away with less. Also, nothing wrong with a go-around. That should be a normal tool that you are ready to use.
Cross Base Left Down 45.....whatever!