Her First Flight Lesson | The Way A Discovery Flight Should Be

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I've heard stories over the years about how flight schools conduct discovery flights. They are either very quick or the instructor doesn't give the student the opportunity to really get a feel for flying the aircraft. I don't operate like that. I believe the discovery flight should be the first lesson. That way, the student gets a true feel of everything and they can see exactly what it takes to fly an aeroplane.
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[@kimminter1426]

Proud Momma here of an amazing daughter! She's fearless and ferocious! I might even has some happy tears watching this but I'll never admit it. Love you! ❤️

[@jordannamusser9574]

I love you, too!!

[@jamesstansberry9681]

As an instructor, I was very impressed with her initial knowledge and confidence.

[@aa1bb2cc3dd4]

@@jordannamusser9574 JORDANER

[@abeatle8993]

This guy taught me more in 24 mins than my flight school has in my 5 hours of flying so far.

[@LewDixAviation]

That’s kind of sad but glad to be of service! I’ll bill you flight school for my time 🤑

[@Blitz2o]

Any aspiring Pilot would be lucky to have you as their CFI for a discovery flight. The enthusiasm for making the experience memorable is one of your best features.

[@LewDixAviation]

I appreciate your kind words!

[@jordannamusser9574]

100%. I’ve been so immersively aviation-adjacent for the past 2.5 years (as an employee of Flying Eyes) and have had the opportunity to fly with several very experienced pilots, but being able to do my first actual lesson with Lew is an opportunity I feel so incredibly grateful for. There was never a moment where I felt overwhelmed or uncomfortable, and most of that is due to the relaxed (but rigorous) way he approaches his own flying and instruction. And I imagine that the fact that we’ve known each other for almost 2 years (and thus know how to effectively communicate) is part of that equation as well. At the risk of waxing on too much, being able to learn from a friend (especially one who is so talented) and have well-edited video evidence of my discovery flight is something I feel enormously lucky to have.

[@KasualKaos]

I'm a firm believer that a discovery flight should be an experience to do as much as you're willing to do. Last January I finally did a discovery flight. It was supposed to be on a Saturday morning, but the weather was bad. The CFI texted me and said it wasn't looking good. I told him I had already checked the METAR and saw that it was a no-fly day. That Wednesday afternoon was the rescheduled day. We spent a little time on the FBO talking about what to expect, transfer of controls, etc. He said he was impressed I even knew what a METAR was, much less how to read it. I told him I had been watching KZbin videos for a couple of years. He asked me if I wanted to do power on and off stalls and steep turns. I told him I wanted to do everything I possibly could. We did it all. I did everything from taxi, takeoff, stalls and steep turns. I didn't land as the pattern was really busy, but I fell in love that day. Flying just felt natural to me. I went home and immediately signed up for ground school and completed it. I'm waiting for my wallet to catch up to my dreams, but hopefully by the end of next year I'll get my PPL. She was a natural in the cockpit. Some people just have a natural feel for it. She's one of them.

[@marsgal42]

This video brought back a lot of memories. It all started with the instructor telling me "see that bridge over there? Fly us there. You have control." I also remember being more than a little timid with the flight controls. One day we were practicing steep turns and I felt one with the plane in a way I had never felt before, channeling my inner Spitfire pilot. My instructor noticed and told me "whatever you had for breakfast today, eat more!"

[@nsant]

You related to Roy? He was a pilot also

[@marsgal42]

@@nsant Roy who?

[@nsant]

@@marsgal42 Baseball fan bad joke. Your last name is spelled slightly different.

[@josephstephen4295]

Still remember my first flight and wish it was more of a lesson instead just a random flight around our valley but it was still fun. She did good!

[@LewDixAviation]

Yep! I firmly believe it should be at least a short lesson!

[@cpy]

Oh wow, wish my discovery flight was like that! Jordana did great! You can tell she will be a great pilot already

[@mikebailey9998]

A Lew Dix discovery flight, It’s been a minute. Lucky lady. Great video!

[@Glyrez]

Mano, that is for sure how a discovery flight should be! Your approach to teaching is very inspiring! I look forward to all of your videos! ✈️

[@flysport_tedder]

I absolutely love Jordanna's flavor of "overthinking the theory of flying". Totally get it. 3:30 21:08 "what ramp is this?" it's nice seeing you out of your element. 5:48 I suspect you're the only one in the plane who got the Benny Hill reference.

[@LewDixAviation]

Not the only one in the comment section that gets it though!

[@SimpleTakeoffs]

“You want to cry with joy?” Asked Lewis, sarcastically. Her stoic expression matched the plane’s energy, cruising about uneventfully. “No, I want to fly tomorrow.” 🥲

[@blastrites9338]

Awesome Flight, Jordanna. Had no doubts about how well you were gonna do. Great video as well.

[@ericsd55]

Great lesson! Nice work both of you

[@CerebralDad]

"Yeah, but that's your brand..." Brilliant!

[@LewDixAviation]

Yea she got me

[@jordannamusser9574]

😂

[@BamaContractor]

I love seeing you at work in your element Lew! Keep'em coming

[@LewDixAviation]

Thanks mate!

[@musoseven8218]

The force is strong in this one Lew😉👍✌️ The girl did good👍✌️😊

[@vadenglish]

Love your videos , flying , humour of course and I also love the music in your videos. Thank you !

[@LewDixAviation]

Haha thank you, I’m glad to hear it!

[@NineBreaker009]

This was awesome. I wish I had you as an instructor. It would be a blast.

[@glitchyhitchy1811]

I had an ex navy harrier pilot who served during the falkans.. he was such a fun guy and got me to do everything but radio. Felt like we've known eachother for years with the banter in the air and thats how it should be. Now we try go up each month in his chipmunk just for a day out =)

[@stephenh4965]

its amazing how frank yet encouraging you are throughout the flight seriously if i end up ever pushing to eventually get my CPL id hope my CFI is like you mate

[@LewDixAviation]

Ah thank you so much mate!

[@andrewkamau6186]

In the process of finishing my Commercial Multi and plan on being a CFI after, I thoroughly enjoy how you teach whether it's other students on your channel or this discovery flight. Great stuff Lewis!

[@LewDixAviation]

Thanks so much man!

[@toddhelie5409]

I love the Tiger man! Rented one for about 15-20 hours while I was building time. One of my favorite planes I've flown

[@midlifeppl4969]

Lew Dix doing what he does best - you have your ‘mojo’ back! Wish the same could be said for Bolton 😊!

[@AVD-og9fr]

So I had my discovery flight today and I felt exactly like this when we were taxing, beyond awesome experience.

[@Th3Butcher76]

Another excellent video sir 👏 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@LewDixAviation]

Cheers mate!

[@markor2476]

This was quite eye opening how to teach this thing. As I want to do this I have to say I was impressed with your approach man.

[@LewDixAviation]

Thanks so much man!

[@Aliveinthesky]

Damn she’s a natural, very smart and you’re an awesome teacher! Well done

[@kristiheusser8568]

You seem like the Best Flight Instructor, easy going, funny! Love your videos! :)

[@LewDixAviation]

Thank you 🙌🏻

[@AFO3310]

I'm a brand new flight instructor at about 500 hours. My main purpose is time building but I want to give my students the best experience possible while I do. Your videos help me out! Cheers m8!

[@fredfred2363]

I still remember my "discovery" flight, with a typical older sergeant major (but without the moustache)- see your typical CFI vid from a while back. He didn't let me do much at all... This looks so much more fun for her first ever! 👍🏻😀🇬🇧

[@LewDixAviation]

😂 Wasn’t called Charles was he?

[@deeanna8448]

I love your instructor videos! She did a nice job. I still remember my first time taxiing. I looked drunk and I remember thinking "this can't possibly be this hard!" Fortunately, I caught on quickly

[@jordannamusser5188]

I definitely looked a bit drunk. 😂 Lew edited out a lot of it, but dang were those brakes hard for me to press!

[@scarybaldguy]

Everybody looks drunk the first time they taxi. Or the first several times. Then you go from a direct-steer bird like a Cherokee to a castering nose (Grumman) or bungie cords (Skyhawk) and you're right back to NO SIR OSSIFER I'M NOT DRINKIN I PURMIS

[@Mark_317]

I took my discovery flight in 2000 I was twelve, my CFI was a man named Jan. Treated me like I was anyone else that was learning to fly, I had so much fun, I was hooked and I learned how to fly over the next 2 years. I had my solo flight on my 14th birthday.

[@TheHeliSpot]

She did amazing.

[@Acc0rd79]

Good stuff. Maybe he will fly you out there more often to teach more lessons!

[@galaxysgreatestchannel]

I took to discovery flights, the first I got to be in the air for 1 hour and fly four 40 minutes, the second I got to be in the air for 50 minutes and fly for 20. I had so many delays with the flight itself and I actually prepped 2 planes for flight

[@Keith_Farlow]

Nicely done. Love the lesson videos!

[@themaverickproject4577]

great teaching style

[@LewDixAviation]

Thank you!

[@rammstein1903]

because you care what I think 🙄...continue training her; it is enjoying watching you two together.

[@BURNETTWEALTHGROUP]

I wish you didn’t live in Fl. either. You’re an excellent trainer maybe I’ll just have to come to Fl for training, flying eyes glasses will be good for me as a truck driver also

[@user-nr7rs3mq3m]

I just did my first initiation flight 4 days ago in Angers, France. I am Chinese, and I have to deal with the same time French and English terms 😅 the stress…

[@FlyingEyesWorld]

Thank you for taking care of our Jordanna❤😎

[@LewDixAviation]

Not a problem!

[@mortekaieve4729]

Great discovery flight! Mine was unfortunately nothing like this. What I did get was a guy who was mostly looking at his iPad for traffic, I barely saw him look up while in the air until he took controls for pattern and landing (didn't see anything wrong with that at the time, but now I know), and he gave me a few landmarks to aim for and hit. He did give me a few altitudes to transition to and hold while cruising over the town, but nothing too crazy. I also wasn't able to do any part of the takeoff or taxi, but was fully involved in the pre-flight. I got basically no instruction or explanation during the discovery flight, just "go there", "go to this altitude" type of stuff. During and after the discovery flight I didn't completely understand what I was missing out on, but I was a bit underwhelmed and felt slightly let down. Don't get me wrong, it was still amazing being up in a small aircraft for the first time, but didn't meet expectations as far as the CFI. I also got some disconnected vibes from him and felt like he didn't really care all that much. I ended up going with a different instructor within the same school when I booked by first lesson, and my first lesson was far more involved than this discovery flight, which was great, the new instructor I got was really into it, explained everything well without giving too much information all at once, answered every question I had, spent an extra hour beyond what he needed to after the flight to answer questions after the debrief, and it was a great time. Not much joking around, though, but really friendly. I ended up waiting about 3 months before booking my first lesson, I think if I had an experience more like this I would have been back within days. My biggest takeaway, and something I got from researching fairly thoroughly before getting fully into it: Never be afraid to ask for or find a new instructor.

[@LewDixAviation]

Sorry to hear about your discovery flight experience. Unfortunately there are a lot of places out there that treat discovery flights as a money making exercise. It’s sad, but true. That’s one of the plethora of reasons that I will never work for a flight school. Discovery flights, in my opinion should not only show the prospective student how cool and amazing it is to fly, but give them a taste of an actual lesson. Let them leave feeling a sense of accomplishment, regardless if they want to continue or not. Flight training is in a sorry state when it comes to flight schools. I’m just glad you went back and got into it even after a poor first experience!

[@mortekaieve4729]

@@LewDixAviation My biggest concern was the "time builders" I kept reading about, but I figured they couldn't all be that bad. What royally pisses me off is that people generally don't have money to throw away on lessons while testing flight instructors, this stuff is expensive! I figured they'd offer me a chance to speak with different instructors and make my own choice, but the school tried to put me with someone in order to keep all instructors schedules even. I think I lucked out with the second instructor being a good fit. For anyone new to aviation and reading this: I'd definitely push to "interview" the instructors before getting started, if they can't do that much for you go somewhere else. It's your money and your time on the line, they get paid either way.

[@coreyjordan2745]

Very nice.....

[@mjcarlozzi11]

"But that's your brand." ha!

[@n1msu]

This is a far cry from my first lesson, albeit I was 12 years old (2000) and got about 30 hours of instruction in before I was 14. I was never really challenged to do anything other than a couple of 20 degree turns and holding a climb using some weird trim instrument I hardly got to use ;-D. Great channel mate. In regards to my first instructor called Ian Hyatt, he got his CPL revoked for not disclosing a heart attack I believe) about 15 years after first flying with him and after looking on Pprune, found out that after this he came out as being a transgender woman which is fine, I'm not a bigot, I am gay but ffs, that was a lot of info to take in. Now youtube exists and I know how a flying lesson should really be with you Lew as my favourite example. I feel cheated and my parents would too if I told them how rubbish my training was.

[@MissilemanIII]

Future pilot for sure

[@feralaviation4218]

CFI here: Most discovery flights do not do this well... She flew great for a discovery flight. I wish they all went like that. lol

[@jordannamusser9574]

That makes me feel really good! Thank you!

[@GooberPilot]

“We’re doing it” PLEASE DO A VIDEO WITH THAT DUDE.

[@johnytwobyfour]

The bottom of the plane looks a bit rough XD Loved the video !

[@BosnWayne]

Well done. Does she know your discount code? I joke . Nicely done y'all 😊

[@billye1789]

LewDix is on Josh Flowers Turf!😂

[@LewDixAviation]

Who?

[@billye1789]

@@LewDixAviation 😂 Some new up and coming KZbinr from Texas.

[@mccd8334]

Bwahahahhahahhahaaa. U beat me to it!

[@mccd8334]

Think we might see some more sass videos between Lew and Josh!

[@andrewmena3118]

Why is the bottom of the plane cracked and have oil lines?

[@1abc219]

Hi Lew, a question for you and others please... Why is it so difficult to find a good flying instructor... Someone safe, experienced, nice person...

[@LewDixAviation]

Well. Unfortunately instructing is seen as a means to an end. It’s what gets you hours quickly to get to an airline so the good ones are, regrettably few and far between. The social media generation of pilots (mine) is all about “looks” and popularity, when really it should be about the students. It’s a shame. There are good ones out there though!

[@michael9016]

My instructor is a 7700 hour retired corporate pilot. He doesn't need the time and he doesn't need the money, he just wants to teach me to fly. It is such a blessing to have met him. He's training me to fly in aviation ministry. He just signed me off for the commercial check ride.

[@c.littlejohn5156]

Are you out of San Marcos Airport?

[@LewDixAviation]

In this video yes

[@frankielynnband]

“ Which is shocking considering your character as a human being” haha

[@LewDixAviation]

😂

[@spelldaddy5386]

I feel some sass in this video personally. You can't piss off the flying eyes employees too much or they'll stop sponsoring you 😂

[@LewDixAviation]

I toe the line 😂

[@jordannamusser9574]

😂😂😂 We like it.

[@jordannamusser9574]

😂😂😂 We like it.

[@NashCreekIndustries]

I come for the education, and I stay to hear Lew taking the piss.

[@LewDixAviation]

😂 always! It ain’t my video if there isn’t any piss taking!

[@Kris-ru5ue]

I want to go but I have acrophobia. :(

[@jeffgraves284]

16:39 😂

[@LewDixAviation]

😂 subtle but effective

[@aaronrowland6753]

Flick, Flick, Flick, Flick, Flick……nope, that’s another website……LMAO!

[@Brandon-dh5rd]

Wait how do you fly into San Marcos and not do a video with your favorite C172 flying KZbinr @aviation101

[@LewDixAviation]

Quite easily apparently 😂

[@Aliveinthesky]

Does she still fly?

[@av8or971]

i would also wear them for a lot less money.. lol. i just wish the frames alone were cheaper. hint hint wink wink

[@itstabish]

"daddy chill"

[@LewDixAviation]

What the hell is even that???

[@itstabish]

@@LewDixAviation I have found my tribe

[@chasinglife7900]

Wrong website haha 🤣

[@SimonAmazingClarke]

She did really well but I bet she doesn't know who Benny Hill is.

[@LewDixAviation]

She might 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@jordannamusser9574]

I will fully admit that I still do not know who this person is. 😂

[@andrewmena3118]

PRIMARY FLIGHT CONTROL

[@flywiseman]

Nice flying girl!

[@ElixirOfEuphoria]

San Marcos..isn't this were Josh from Aviation101 is based?? You don't know him do you? Would make a hell of a collab!

[@jbreezy101]

Hopefully you ran into Josh @aviation101

[@jonb1807]

My discovery flight was also an advert for sunglasses. Small world.

[@LewDixAviation]

Wasn’t Flying Eyes though so you were behind the curve from the get go.

[@jonb1807]

@@LewDixAviation Come to think of it, it wasn't a discovery flight or even sunglasses. My uncle let me use his binoculars in his van.

[@LewDixAviation]

@@jonb1807 I shudder to think what discounts he was giving……