I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy the “Flying Carpet” column in Flight Training magazine each month. Greg Brown talks about things that happen to all of us so the stories mean a lot more. I am ahelicopter pilot and have been an AOPA member since 1996, but I love Flight Training magazine and continue to get it. There are so many good articles in the publication that even old crusty pilots can learn something. After all, we should never stop learning.
Paul Goldasich Jr
Mount Olive, Illinois
Success stories
I took my checkride today, and passed. So the newest private pilot in the country is sending you this note.I thoroughly enjoy Flight Training magazine. You know how I knew I was going to pass today before I even got to the airport?I took the “Final Exam” in this month’s issue, scored 100 percent, and thought, Hey, maybe I do know this stuff well enough for the oral. The checkride ended up being far less daunting than I had made it out to be.Thorough, but not scary.
Joe Rounceville
Pleasant Hill, Iowa
I just want to share with y’all some amazing news! On December 29, 2014, just a couple months after turning 18, I took and passed my private pilot checkride. I have worked on this since shortly before turning 15, and the road that led up to this day wasn’t smooth. Just like some of the landings I have done.
Flight Training magazine helped me so much. I remember a training session in which I just struggled with the different landings, especially short field. I went home, did research—even watched videos—but those landings never cleared my mind. Then there was an issue of Flight Training magazine that was mostly about landings. I remember reading it, and from then I chair-flighted the instructions, and tips given in the magazine.
I took my chair-flying to the sky and those short-field landings have gone amazingly well. I am pursuing more ratings as a pilot, as well as taking college classes to become an A&P mechanic. Thank you, AOPA, for helping pilots accomplish their dreams.
Mikaylah Loveless
Burleson, Texas
Errata
In “Technique: Turns Around a Point,” April 2015 Flight Training,” we used the words “concentric circles” in describing the turn. “Concentric” refers to multiple circles of different diameters that are centered on the same point.We meant a “constant-radius” turn, which is what the PTS requires. Flight Training regrets the error.
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