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Making progress it looks like! One thing i notice is the placement of your hand on the throttle. Hovering and fidgeting your hand like that makes your arm more tense. Keep the black knob part of the throttle in your palm and rest the tip of your pointer finger on the front of the friction knob. This gives you more precision in throttle settings since you can reduce throttle by pushing your pointer finger against the friction knob. I also recommend reducing the friction of the throttle by spinning the friction knob left to make throttle adjustments a little easier. This is especially important on gusty days when you experience rapid lifting or sinking due to wind gusting faster or slower. Doing both of those things above will help you feel more in control of the throttle and will likely give you more confidence.

Keep going! Well done. New cfi here and just subbed to ya.

Love the long form, transparent, 360 video. Thank you for posting! I'd love to do the same as i get through my training. 6:35 call should have been a back taxi call. "Chennault Traffic, 15BC is back taxiing runway 35, Chennault." Followed by a "Chennault Traffic, 15BC is departing runway 35 for eastbound departure, Chennault." right before you release the toe brakes and roll out. If i'm in the air and i hear "15BC is taking runway 35 for departure to the east" i'm thinking you're about to enter 35 at the approach end and expect you'll be departing in a few seconds afterwards. Back taxi announcement is much different. Departure after a back taxi happens much further away from the runway entry. Another tip. Set that heading bug to the runway heading on the heading indicator before departure, and also set it when you're making turns. Its an easy visual reference and helps with directional awareness.

Hey, my friend, thanks for the video, I have a suggestion, friendly and respectful; the music is a bit too loud, I'm a tad short on time, and I wanted to hear you out, so I'd have to go 1.5 or more, and then the music gets incredibly distracting. Keep it up, though! :D

Touch and Go looks better

How long ago was this?

Cool camera, I've never seen one do this. I can click and drag the screen too.

Hello there

Thats great man. i have about 18 hours, so i am by no means in a position to give advice, but i definitely remember that feeling of 'what about this' and the instructor just going 'dont worry about it' haha. I havent flown in about a year due to having to jump through the faa's hoops for medical clearance, but i was on track to doing my solo at 20 hours or so. I definitely struggle most with nose control with the rudder when im coming in to land, i tend to land just left of center line, pointing slightly right. Im happy for you, definitely start that medical now if you havent yet haha

I hear a lot of people recommend getting a physical and finishing ground school before anything else. About how much did your ground school cost and how long did it take from the time you started studying until you passed the exam?

Love the setup with 360 camera. Just wish the quality was a little better. and it would be nice to be able to hear what the instructor is saying. Good stuff keep it up!

Congratulations Mr pilot

Great work Scott!

Awesome man! Love the update! Keep at it, stop putting so much pressure on yourself. Remember to relax and have fun!

hey man I have been in ur place but it's different because of the age difference but I will tell you this I am 18 years old and can't join the airlines unless am 23 years old or 21 with RATP, so I still have time, what am trying to say I can't afford a 90-120k loan and I'm still very young but if I was 22-23 I would go running to an accelerated program, why?, because when I'm done training and I start working as an instructor to build hours I would want to go to the airlines asap because that's the main goal and obviously because of the dept, if I start now in this kind of program I will be working as a flight instructor for at least 2.5-3 years, that's a lot for me. this is what I would do if I was you, open budget- start training with blue line flight school (take a loan), 6 months boom ur done and you can start building hours, it will be tough, you will have to go live there, if you have a family go to atp or talk with your local flight school tell them hey I wanna finish in this time, but at the same time you need to be ready for 12 hours of studying flying, it's a huge commitment, u won't be able to work, or waste time. And you can't, you are 41 years old, it will be super hard to get there but the sooner you start and the faster you finish the easier it will be. I would also recommend if you talk with someone that has similar experience or has been in the industry for a long long long super long time, they probably know people or heard stories. there are a lot of variables, no one can give you a right answer so be careful man, it might be the best decision you make or the thing you hate for the rest of your life. keep in mind retirement age is 65. wish you luck in your journey.

Move to an accelerated program. You should be flying at least 3 days a week; otherwise, you're not learning anything. If you can move, then move down to FL. I did my CFI and CFII at a place called Flight Fast Track in Punta Gorda, FL, and I can't recommend them enough. If you have any questions feel free to reach out. More than happy to help. Signed an experienced CFI/CFII

you can do it man. Wanting to do it is the 1st step. I am one month deep into the journey myself. I'm 48yrs old and in 1 month have 42hrs of flight and do my solo in the next day or so. Keep at it, don't give up, it gets harder before it gets easier. again, you got this man!

Love that you’re part of the community ! Definitely watch pilot debrief as a resource

Hell ya man! I'm about to turn 40, and decided I want to my PPL and start training in January! Looking forward to seeing your journey.

I never had enough money to fly until both of my daughters graduated college. Keep at it, I started 2 months before my 50th birthday and soloed a week after my birthday. Passed the check ride less than 2 months later. 4 months 8 days start to private certificate.

I'm happy for you.

Get it brotha

Don't worry, im 50 and I just got my class3 so I could start

Godspeed brother! Enjoy the journey!

Hey Scott! The algorithm handed me this one as I am one of those who has always wanted to fly, but has never made it a priority. I will likely never pursue Commercial (it's never been something I wanted to do), but at 39 - your story resonates with me and I'm looking forward to following along. Subscribed as a result! It would be cool to get a student's view on things like ground school, exam prep, equipment, costs over and above your flight hours, etc. - all the best Scott! Good luck on your new adventure!

Let's get it!!

Good luck buddy.

awesome my brother. i started airplanes at 55 and jets at 62. flying is amazing keep at it

Let’s go man! You’re not old just wise mate. Use that wisdom , never second guess yourself, double check, then discuss. Experience is overconfidence and sometimes as a rookie pilot you have to pull rank. Know the plane enough to be able to alert your trainer to issues he might miss, you can’t know everything, but forums and reading the manual is a great start. Always be okay saying no. You can always say “let’s fly tomorrow,” but you can’t say “let’s land tomorrow”. I can see you’re into it, so you’ve probably already got this down but always gotta say it! You’re going to do great mate! Best of luck and hope to see you in the skies someday🫡

Good luck. Become an old pilot.

Oh dude, you’re a youngin’ & you got this! I started three years ago at 55, bought a plane two years ago and just passed 350 hours a couple weeks ago. Enjoy your beginnings, they go by fast.

Let’s go Scott!!

I’m about to start myself. Go for it all and never lose faith in yourself. Good luck to you and I’m excited to follow your journey.

41 is not too old. I know of an ATP pilot that started at that age and now flys for the majors. I myself, started at 60 and wish it were earlyer.

Congrats on starting your journey to become a pilot. Just make sure you turn off the master switch so you don't drain the battery before you start recording. 😄

Good luck! Aviation is too expensive for me.

Always chase your dreams! Don't give up!

You got this King.

Proud of you brotha never to late to join the aviation family

good luck sir. Would love to know how you went about finding an affordable place to learn

Good luck on the rest of your training!

Hey man, good for you, I want you to know that God loves you so much that He sent His Son Jesus to die for us, you don’t have to do anything to earn salvation, because it is by faith that we are saved. ❤

Good for you, enjoy the training. Nothing like your first solo when you look in the right seat and nobody is there and it’s all you.😬😬

Nice interview with Melyssa Ford. I wanna kiss Melyssa feet, legs, lips, neck, shoulders. Melyssa Ford, Grace Gealey is hot black women.

I just read in the comments he's no longer doing it. Wondering why? Can you come back and tell us why and the downside of it? It will help the ones that's out here wanting to do do it. But not really knowing the risk.

out there. yessir!!!

How beautiful! The models, the locations, the fashion. I love it!

I am loving the spectacle of this show!

Lovely