I am intrigued by the gloves worn by the instructor. And, indeed, he seems to be an excellent instructor. Maybe his wife insisted that he wore them so that he wasn’t seen picking his nose on camera.

At min 22, your PTT was jammed and still transmitting :D

Worst cessna invention, strut steps, receipt for falling

Show us all the landings where the instructor said "I have control"... :-)

Hey! Great channel, I'm also going to be learning with Fly Illawarra. I was just curious as to what you used to mount your camera and how in the Jabiru? I was wanting to record the lessons but also don't want the camera (assuming go pro) to be a distraction.

These guys are mumbling and not really touching anything for a long time....

It my turn to learn now! Bonza mate! Nice landing🎉 73s 9VIKM KK7QGL🎉

يعطيك العافية يالاخ الكعبي، مقاطعك مميزة، لكن لو تقلل الموسيقى فيها

great vid

Thank you!

Some pilots forget they have feet.Start using them with your brain

An airship that can do 130+ knots is not a "motorized glider"....it is an airplane.

yea, that radio noise made me sttop watching this video.

Great VFR lesson. Like being at the controls.

Really not looking forward to being a cfi

I swear learning to land has been the hardest thing for me, hell I soloed at like 35 hours because I just couldn’t get it.

i like how your instructor doesn't take control of the stick so you can learn from what your doing wrong

I'm deaf in my one eye and I can drive better than you..

Tough airplane... and persistent pilot. Very educative. Thank you! 🛫🛬

Anything named Pipistrel has got to be cool. What did you do today? I flew a Pipistrel, what else could be more fun?

Very good video of everything one would want to see for their first RPC lesson.

Your instructor didn’t seem worried and was completely chilled. Love that. Made for a good experience for you the student.

It's about energy management and placing, and keeping, the airplane on the center line. That last landing was a good example. Even though you were coming in on a short final, curving, you had that stick back deep at touch down and were in the middle. Almost all of my time was tailwheel and with 3-point landings. In that equipment and regime you learn this very quickly. Have it stop flying at touch down with the stick back. You'll get it!

It's on my bucket list to own and fly a pipistrel motorized glider. This was very informative and interesting. Thank you.

Landing should be automatic, and engines should make the going down speed slower and slower as getting closer to the ground.

thanks for keeping it unedited, love it !

Very nice flying and the instructor is great as well. Well done!

Great video

kid is so annoying

Were you able to use the air brakes? I know some Alphas have them and others don't.

The first landing. Always arm your sunvisors, so they automatically deploy when the WOW switches are driven into the fuselage on touchdown! 🤣🤣🤣

Excellent instruction and sharp student 😊

any chance you could lower the music volume in future videos? Turning the volume up to hear the conversation only to have extremely loud music come blasting through is extremely annoying and distracting. Having to constantly ride the volume control is even more annoyance. Background music belongs in the background. Hopefully you have learned this in the 6 years since you made these videos. BTW I enjoyed the video portion even though I was annoyed every time the music came blasting through so I probably won't watch any more.

Thank you. I'm feeling very down tonight after having my worst ever landings at my stage 1 check. Absolute worst. Grateful you shared some bad ones... misery loves company. 😊

My bad landing involving crashing

I was doing this at age of ten....

There nothing wrong with these; you'll be perfect for Ryanair!

Nice. That is as far as I can tell, an awesome instructor. I’ve had some I’d like to throw out the door with no parachute, but it really comes down to how someone reacts to noob mistakes and teaches. True, we new pilots are most often a PITA, but having gone through a few certifications, I’ve learned that it’s ok to say, “this instructor isn’t working for me” and move on to someone who does. Nothing wrong with that IMO as long as it’s not me who is the a-hole in the scenario. I’ve been fortunate to have some awesome instructors, but also encountered a few that were just counterproductive to my personal learning style.

Which plane is that?

Haven't had any bad landings where i would go "whoah" per say, but been close for it to go from a "normal" feeling landing to "unnormal" enough times that i respect the possibility for things to go south real quick if you are not focused.

That instructor is rad.

Basically I fly the same way I ride a dirt bike. Yeah you might bend it up a bit but you can hang it on the prop and bounce It off the runway. Don't be afraid to go sideways. Planes are more durable than people give them credit for.. You can be completely out of control and still pull it off. The gauges are just for reference. You can feel when the thing stops flying.

Woof, not a fun day but a practical one of training.

Capybara levels of chill that instructor

That poor teacher

So did you get your Endorsement those 5 years ago? 😊

For my flight school, most of those landings are go around because they are almost off the runway, not centerline, or the instructor would take the control on all of them, you should buy some nice gift for that instructor for being super cool.

damnn that instructor is chill asf when I was started flying little mistakes would make my instructor want to kill me

Great video. Very personal and raw with a real feel of instruction.