Flight Planning Series Episode 1 - MzeroA Flight Training

[@padrelaw]

This was terrific, Jason. I liked that "you know what kills ... non-refundable" hotels and car rentals. Never thought about that, but it does enforce "gotta - get - there " itis. Thanks.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Certainly, thanks for watching!

[@dpearce19]

I love that you preach that you never have to be anywhere in aviation. That is what I live by. As a flight attendant, I see so many people losing their minds over not being where they're "supposed to be". In aviation, you are exactly where you are supposed to be! Thats the fun part; no pun intended, but fly by the seat of your pants. Also, I was so worried at the beginning that you were going to break your personal limits. You said that this flight was just over your 3 hour rule. And I thought you were eluding to breaking that rule, because it was so close. I am so happy that you didn't. You are very good at sticking to your personal limits and preaching that to others. Live what you teach; lead by example. Thank you, Jason!

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Hey Danielle! That's the safest mentality to have!

[@naviddehghan8229]

That was great to let your viewers knows whats your video about at the beginning to save your viewers time. Cheers mate 👏👏

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Thanks for watching, Navid!

[@barrysowell8216]

I’m impressed with your methodology, especially when it comes to forward thinking. I would add, don’t apologize for your videos being lengthy or content heavy. The information you’re providing us is worth as many replays as necessary, until I know what you know. Thank you so much for doing this. I recall my first cross country , not even close your level of preparedness,..my next one will be!

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Thanks for the kind words, Barry!

[@mariusz.3113]

Jason this is fantastic content! THANK YOU!

[@duganson4227]

I can watch you talk for hours! I want more of this type! Im good at watch and learn

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Thanks for watching! I'm glad you're finding it helpful for learning!

[@ziggy_sway]

Jason you are changing the game for me! Loving the Groundschool. You're helping so much!!! I used to live in Georgia, and I toured a flight school at PDK 3 weeks ago, so you went North just for me :-) Somebody up there (controlling the weather knows what they're doing ;) Thank you, and MzeroA team for all you guys are doing. I sincerely appreciate they way you teach. -Ziggy Sway

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Great to hear! Thanks so much for your support! It means the world to us. Best of luck with the course!

[@drcode4]

Great video Jason. My instructor used to constantly say "We don't have to be anywhere" to me and made me recite it. Also, I adapted a 3 hour rule shortly after I got my license and made me feel good that you have the same philosophy. Thanks again.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Well said! Thanks for sharing!

[@mikemccarron1162]

This was a great presentation, loved every aspect, very well done, thanks

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!

[@PilotCrawford]

Great video Mr. Shappert. I appreciate seeing others approach to flight planning. I learned a lot.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching!

[@josephsener420]

Another great video. I learned something new, the procedure tab in FF flight planning and the procedure pick up and the arrival pick up. Way easier than trying to read the arrival plate and transcribe it into my flight plan. Now all I need is a way to go from ForeFlight to my bar in 430w.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@aviator3815]

Very well presented Jason. Great work

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rorymcdonnell7666]

Jason that was fantastic I really enjoyed that I have done my IFR training in Australia and just waiting to do my test and tightening up on my RNAV knowledge

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Fantastic! Best of luck with everything and if you need any help gaining knowledge on RNAV systems just reach out to us here, at [e-mail], or on our live chat feature on groundschoolacademy.com!

[@bwjbrown]

Appreciate the thought process and the reinforcement of stay-alive mentality. An ounce of prevention is worth more than a mangled body in a smoking wreck.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

It's always important to keep a strong mentality for safety!

[@dzurisintube]

This is actually quite helpful in that while the FAA and any given CFI expects a pilot to be able to execute a cross country to standards, the little tips and tricks are often learned along the way. Cross country flights can often be both an intimidating prospect and sometimes a source of accidents. There is often a gap in teaching and content between primary instruction and seasoned IFR and unfortunately that is where a lot of license to learn comes in. Thanks for putting this series together.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching!

[@joro18d93]

Very good example of flight planning. Thanks for the new tips I just learned with Fore flight.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Awesome! Thanks for watching!

[@FFTaylorOgle]

Great video! I’m sure I’m not alone in that weather is not my strong suit. Little techniques like monitoring the altimeter settings is a great help!

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Glad we can help! And you are definitely not alone! Weather can be a very hard topic to learn, especially when you're just reading it out of a textbook. You need to just make it fun and interesting and nail down some of the basic concepts and you should be fine! If there's anything we can do to help, please feel free to reach out!

[@timniles2634]

Outstanding, real life view. Wish my flight training many years ago had 1/2 of what I learned this evening!. Thanks Justin and team!

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Thanks for watching!

[@christianibarra-rivera3402]

Great video as always Jason!! I feel like many videos get posted about flying the actual procedures and sometimes what gets overlooked is the basic set up to the flight. I think it’s assumed that the more technical parts of the flight need to be shown but sometimes it’s nice to see how others set up and simply prepare for a long cross country flight. As a private pilot just starting to work on my instrument rating and planning some longer cross country trips this video nailed it!!! On this flight can you maybe show a bit more about your arrival procedures and dealing with an FBO such as contacting them prior to your arrival and securing parking, etc.

[@kiethlowry2862]

Cool I was pondering how to file to a fix on the approach thanks!

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Thanks for watching!

[@UnicornMoto]

I really appreciate your teaching style.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Thanks for the kind words, Quinn!

[@Wolfie6020]

Your three hour rule is sensible and careful and I commend you for it. I fly a Global 7500 and we do long international sectors. The fuel planning is conservative already but I always add 1000 lbs for my wife and another 1000 lbs for my daughter. That is my rule. Approaching the Maldives on a stormy night in the middle of the ocean is no time to wish you had a bit more fuel.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

That's a smart way to do it! Thanks for sharing!

[@joro18d93]

Jason, thank you. This is a great Ground school for planning and Foreflight use. Thank you Sir.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mamoruisamu1]

Nice walk-through, and some interesting points to think about. I did a few trips from Plant City to PDK or vicinity in a Cessna 150 and usually planned 2 2-2.5 hour legs, both for fuel and bathroom. Diverted once to Lake City for afternoon thunderstorms, but my favorite stop was Thomasville, GA. Cheap fuel and a great FBO that actively promoted aviation. I didn’t really take services like Uber (wasn’t around then) into consideration. Great point on calling for the location of the self-serve; dropped into Cross City one night after hours and the fuel pump was out of service, and we didn’t have enough to comfortably take off and find another fuel stop, plus reserve. Fortunately there was a number to call for help, and the airport manager drove in and fueled us up.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Great story - thanks for sharing!

[@flynfranks3638]

When it’s information this good it can be 3 hours. Thanks Jason

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@johnopalko5223]

Great video, Jason. I appreciate the longer format and am looking forward to the next ones in the series. I, also, plan three-hour legs. There's no reason to fly with less than 1.5 hours in the tanks. Also, three hours is about the time when I'm starting to give serious thought to using the restroom and stretching my legs.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

So true. Thanks so much for watching.l Glad you're enjoying the series!

[@kristofk1902]

That’s me after an hour and a half. I’m doing funky maneuvers with AP on so that I can get blood back into my legs

[@ryangee7354]

I'm currently planning my commercial long cross country and greatly appreciate this video!

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Awesome! Glad it was helpful!

[@adamcorby804]

Another great video. I always pick up something new.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Great to hear. Thanks for watching!

[@Pilot-Lior]

Thank you so much ! your videos so helpful !! keep doing a great job !

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching!

[@Pilot-Lior]

@@MzeroAFlightTraining I want to come and do my IFR with you ! ( from Israel )

[@KentonNewby]

This is awesome. I’m working through ground school right now and going to start flight training after that...at PDK. So at one of the craziest Class D’s in the country. Radio work is gonna be SOLID. Lol.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

It's going to be a fantastic learning environment. Best of luck!

[@irishcurse65]

Great presentation. Learned a lot. Thanks

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@josueamavizca5444]

Thanks for this videos, this one was grate like the other ones

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Thanks so much! I'm glad you liked them!

[@psyrixx]

I LOVE that knife rack! Also I'm super excited for the new video series-es.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Love it! Look forward to seeing you there!

[@jonathanmcphail5254]

Good stuff man. I’m a new PPL about to start working on instrument. About 70% of this video I spent saying to myself “Yep. I know that”, “I do that too.”, and “Oh, thats a good idea (watching pressure days out).” Then the last 30% asking “What the heck is he talking about?!?!” Ready for the challenge of instrument.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Outstanding! Thanks for watching, and best of luck in your training!

[@jameswebb2912]

Your 3 hour rule is fine for the 172 but may need to be tweaked if you are flying a Cessna 182RG (with 88 gallons of fuel). It flight plans with 6 hours 40 minutes fuel on board. One thing I did was from an FAA circular titled “Time in Your Tanks”. I flight planned a Cessna 210 from Gulfport, MS to Wichita, KS and the fuel was a little tight. I decided that if I was even one minute over Tulsa I would land at Tulsa for fuel. I was 3 minutes early over Tulsa and continued to Wichita. The next day the engine refused to start due to a fuel filter being clogged. If I had stopped in Tulsa I would have been stuck there. However, it is better to be stuck in Tulsa than to land off airport with empty tanks. Great video.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Thanks for watching and for sharing your story!

[@thomashoens1316]

I'm guessing you have a solid reason(s) for wearing two watches. Are they the same make and model? What models are they...what do you use them for?

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Hey Thomas! Jason wears two watches so one is in local time and the other is in UTC which is universal time.

[@bryansmerdon4283]

It was great to have a longer video. The shorter ones you’ve been doing go way too quick. Learned a lot on this one. Thank you!

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching, and for the feedback!

[@andrewgeorge9565]

Love your videos. Do you have one for check ride prep?

[@wbmc3rd]

Thank you I will add this to my training.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Wonderful! Thanks for watching!

[@povfwm12]

This was so helpful-thank you!

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching, Tyner!

[@ewersm1]

Great tips, Jason...thank you!

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

You're very welcome!

[@vconnor]

How do you add 30-60 minute fuel stop into flight plan? Or do you have separate plans before and after each fuel stop?

[@aldo_3d]

I wouldn't mind about a 60min video lol Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@sirjosefofhessen4527]

I agree including the 30 min em fuel rule always want more rather than on the limit

[@benjaminweiss2252]

what app is this? thanks anyone

[@benjaminweiss2252]

nvm he said it haha

[@gveduccio]

I live outside KRYY on the NW side of Atlanta...going into PDK has always been a hurry up type deal with another plan in parallel...while holding to takeoff is super slow

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

It's definitely a busy airport!

[@kentnicholson6576]

Regarding IFR flight planning from non-towered airport for long x-country - ATC likely does not know your destination unless it is a major airport, therefore they also have no clue what direction the destination lies if the pilot files RNAV direct. In the absence of a filed departure procedure, place a fix in the flight plan within 50 miles of the departure airport (there should be numerous possibilities near the direct route: VORs, intersections, enroute charted waypoints). When you request your IFR clearance, regardless of the method, the controller will have a pretty good idea what direction you wish to proceed, allowing her/him to formulate an appropriate clearance much quicker, saving everyone some valuable time.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Very good point. Thanks for sharing!

[@maritestaylor8458]

So fab thanks 😁😁😁.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

100% fab 👍

[@JoseRobertoPerdomo]

thank you Jason

[@arod1pilot]

What kind of iPad and memory do you recommend? Is iPad better or Samsung?

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Hey Antonio! It's all about preference, they both have great EFB (electronic Flight Bag) apps such as Foreflight (IOS) and Garmin Pilot (both IOS and Android). When it comes to memory it just depends on whether you plan on using the tablet as a personal device and for flying. There can be a lot of downloads associated to keep charts current.

[@garob4995]

Nothing in Montizuma. I fly out of Perry and flown out of Macon Downtown

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Appreciate you watching!

[@smhmusic]

Hey Jason… Two watches?

[@olzhasbekzhanov5216]

Why do you have 2 watches?

[@alk672]

That 3 hour rule is the only way to know you are not running out of fuel. Unless you have a fuel flow indicator (and you know you've set it correctly and it's working properly), there is nothing to tell you how much fuel you have. Having unreasonably large buffer is the only way to ensure you will never run out of fuel, period - unless there's a leak.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Great point - thanks for sharing!

[@RaysDad]

Can't agree with choosing a C or D for an alternate. I find a few airports that have promising TAFs and call the FBOs. Then I pick a location that provides the services I need and has friendly-sounding people.

[@HwyRanger26]

What app is this? I'd it available on Android?

[@dipankarkasa]

Its only available on Apple unfortunately.

[@daleferrer7916]

I use Fly Q, it works on Apple and Android.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

It's ForeFlight!

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

It's ForeFlight!

[@christophermichaelson9050]

HAHA Alabama gets more rain than any of the other lower-48 states. Hi from Birmingham! :)

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Thanks for watching, Christopher!

[@jayd7974]

so why two watches?

[@justjon907]

Jason... why are you wearing 2 watches? Lol

[@FMartz]

Why are you wearing two watches ?

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

One is for Zulu time! Check it out here facebook.com/watch/?v=2873450656082679

[@harrisonkirkland1893]

💯✅👍

[@Vjekoslav-vf3hr]

is it flat earth?

[@lisafike8904]

That was very good. Don't book non refundable hotels and car rentals.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Thanks for watching!

[@garob4995]

If you get near KMAC, KPXE or KMCN get me a shout and I'll buy lunch or diner.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Thanks!

[@samdish]

A watch for each hand, huh? One has to be the Garmin I'd imagine, otherwise ...I don't get it

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Hey Sam! Jason wears two watches so one is in local time and the other is in UTC which is universal time.

[@samdish]

@@MzeroAFlightTraining I would never have thought so. That's actually smart and handy, should mention that in a video, I have a feeling am not the only one who noticed and was curious. Thanks 4 replying, Squawk VFR.

[@bananaslovesliz]

@@MzeroAFlightTraining The iwatch you can add Zulu time to your watch. I added it to mine, It's super helpful

[@PilotAriel]

KPDK sounds KFRG😂 (my airport)

[@priyaanlimbachiya2679]

Man got 2 expensive watches 😂

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

One is set to local time and one is set to Zulu time! Thanks for watching, Priyaan!

[@simcptmike]

Lmao why are you wearing 2 wrist watches? 😂😬🤔

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Check out the fun back story here! facebook.com/watch/?v=2873450656082679