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@@ejnixon Congrats on the milestone! It is so freeing to fly a solo cross country, it feels like you have your license. Good luck on the rest of your journey! Personally my top tip for after you hit your requirements is to try to get your landings on a specific spot. I had a tendency to land long because I cared a lot more about centerline throughout my training, but then it flustered me in my check ride when I floated down the runway on the short field landing.

@@mblaise3 oh wow congrats! You finished your PPL! Way to go man. Yea, I'm trying to dial in the landings to be more consistent. Are you working on just building some hours now, or are you on to instrument?

⁠@@ejnixon Just enjoying the PPL for now. I don’t plant to fly as a career but I’ve been taking some trips when I can. It is incredibly annoying to plan a trip and have it ruined by some low clouds though so I’m thinking instrument rating sooner rather than later. Plus from what I hear it makes you a much better pilot

@@mblaise3 absolutely! Im planning to do instrument after. Id also like to do alot more solo flights to get a bit more comfortable, not so nervous, etc.

Awesome, Coastal was a great place to learn!

Not usually, I've had very good experience with ATC both at KGON and in general around this area. This guy is always hard on pilots who read back incorrect or just say Roger rather than repeating the instruction. It made me think he would be respectful of ensuring clear coms that everyone understood, not this toxic attitude. Hopefully it was just an off day for him, which we all have once in a while. I'll still be asking for clarification whenever I feel I need it.

Congrats, you're almost there! KASH seems like a cool area with the Charlie overhead and Bravo nearby. Good luck on your Checkride and have fun flying after, it's awesome to finally get to share what you've worked so hard for

Thanks for the kind words and advice!

Haha I got a kick out of that too. "They let you taxi without clearance up there?"

I'm not sure what you mean.

It reads both in this plane but we always use KTS. One of the other planes at the school only has KTS.

It can be any leg. FAR 61.109 covers that, it says "one solo cross country flight of 150 nautical miles total distance, with full stop landings at three points, and one segment of the flight consisting of a straight line distance of more than 50 nautical miles between the takeoff and landing locations"

@@mblaise3 thanks for clarifying that for me. Sometimes the wording can be confusing at times in the FAR AIIM . Keep posting videos and happy flying my friend

@@njbpaul I agree, it's lawyer speak. Thanks for watching, good luck on your Training!

@@mblaise3 Yes indeed . Thanks again for your quick response.

Good luck on your training!

I sped some parts on the ground up but most of the flying was at normal 1X speed. I did cut a lot out of this flight though because there was no audio to make it interesting. Good luck on your PPL! Let me know if you have any questions, should be taking my check ride soon.

Really? Not even flight following with Oakland Center?

Thanks for the reminder! I was thinking no engine, they must only go down. Didn't realize they could ride thermals up but that makes sense. Thanks for making me a safer pilot!

Thanks! I'm at 36 hours now with just 2 hours of simulated instrument left for requirements. Feeling pretty good for a check ride soon.

Thanks! Next time I'll fly you down there

I use an Nflightcam cable that fits a GoPro. It's a splitter that you plug into the jack on the plane then you get one line to plug your headset into, and another to plug into your GoPro directly which makes it really convenient for not having to line the audio up with the video manually and potentially get out of sync. I did a fair amount of research and Nflightcam is the only brand worth getting at the moment. They also sell one a little cheaper that splits to a male 3.5mm aux connection so you can plug it into a phone or standalone recorder. I use Davinci Resolve 18 (free) for the video editing.

Good luck on your license! Learn/watch as much as you can before your lessons, it helps immensely to not be hearing it for the first time when your instructor shows you what to do.

Really need to start building that muscle memory. When learning to drive, staying right in the middle of your lane, accelerating, shifting, and reading signs can all be overwhelming especially with oncoming traffic just a few feet to your left. There are a lot of parallels, just need to get those reps in so things become second nature!

Thanks! Agreed it's been my favorite part so far. I can't wait to get my license and be able show my wife all the fun.

Congrats on your first solo!! Huge accomplishment. In my experience almost all the nerves came from the first solo, everything after that was confident and comfortable. I just finished the long 3 leg xc this week, so I'm done with my xc requirements. They are fun and definitely make you feel like a real pilot.

Good luck! I did Sporty's online ground school and liked it a lot. I did a lot of research to decide between Sporty's and King Schools and almost everything I read said both are great and you can't go wrong with either.

Ya Kings is great too, it has material beyond the requirements for the knowledge test.

Thanks! I'm based in Groton CT. I'm fortunate to fly over such a nice area. The maneuvers in this video were over Gardiners Island, right by the tip of Long Island.

Thanks for the comment! I'm actually the student, not the instructor. Interesting points about using ground effect for the takeoff. Can you explain what you mean by leading the rudder?

Glad you're enjoying them. I plan to post all of my flights until my check ride. Unfortunately you can't record video during the check ride. Hopefully it helps if you're planning to get your license!

Never be afraid to say no! I'd be happy to practice a short final but not when I'm sneaking in front of traffic on my second time flying solo.

Agreed and it's something I want to improve on. I've heard the better way to say it is "at 3000, climbing 4500." I also have a habit of saying my taxi read-back something like "Taxi via C for 23." The words "for" and "to" should be avoided so the better way to say it would be "Runway 23 via C" or just "Taxi via C, Runway 23"

Good luck, it was a lot of fun. Really feels like you're a real pilot taking a trip rather than training in the pattern or doing maneuvers for practice.

Thanks glad you liked it! I try to speed it up when there's truly no comms. But like you said, I think there's something to be gained by getting the feel of a full flight as opposed to a highlight reel.

@@mblaise3 hey. Im barely doing maneuvers flights. My training school is so weird. I have to literally study and pass the PAR when we are barely doing TOLs. I have to understand cross country planning way before we even get to it. Did you take your PAR way before cross country as well? Also. How much do you have to study on your own? Does ur school have sim as well? 😭😭. I'm so frustrated and worried I'll fail the PAR and even if I barely pass, somehow fk up the oral and regular check ride by over worrying. Any suggestions

@@davidt8087 @David T Are you in a part 141 school of part 61? Part 141 is a lot more structured, with a mandated curriculum by the FAA. I'm in a Part 61 school which is more loose, pay as you go, train when you can type of a program. I did Sporty's online ground school and finished the classes by about my 3rd flight lesson. I did a lot of home study using the Sporty's test prep questions and practice exams, and trust me it will save you money. It's going to benefit you having learned everything in advance and hearing it for the 2nd or 3rd time when you get in the plane with your instructor. You want instructor time to be practice, not learning something brand new. I took the PAR after my first dual XC but before my Solo XCs and felt like that was pretty good but could have done it earlier. If you get really good at the practice exams you will be fine, the real one is shockingly similar. Some of the questions were verbatim repeats of things I saw on the practice tests. I didn't do any sim work. My instructor's position was that home simulators can help you get the very basics down and pick things up easier but as you get further into it you need the realism of actually being in the plane. I'm at 33 hours now and have all my requirements done except 2.5 hours solo and 2 hours simulated instrument, so hoping to get it done close to the 40hr minimum. I am also nervous for my Oral and Check Ride but trying to watch as many videos as I can showing mock Orals. MZeroA has a good audiobook for it. Good Luck on everything!

@@mblaise3 it's a part 61 though accelerated. Are u going after your instrument, crew/commercial, cfi's and ME as well? The total cost for me is $110,000 plus another $40,000 interest 😭

@@davidt8087 I'm not planning on anything past my PPL at the moment. I'd be lying if I said the thought of a career change hasn't crossed my mind, but for now it's a hobby. I'm about 7-8k deep and currently scheduling my PPL check ride. I'm surprised you know a total cost going into it if it's part 61. Sounds more like ATP.