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please read first I am a VFR student pilot presently taking flight instruction in Houston TX. my school is at a very active,very busy general aviation airport located in that city's far northwest: David Hooks Airport in Tomball Tx. I am used to flying in a Piper Warrior I am considering...

some context In 2014, I started my private pilot training at a school in Southwest Houston(based at Sugarland Regional) and after several bad experiences with CFI’s who had poor interpersonal coaching skills in the cockpit, I decided to look at some other schools. At that time I did still have...

when flying, you have to continuously scan your instruments and also scan the airspace around you through the cockpit windshield. you have to keep track of many things: airspeed, altitude, compass heading, planes nose to the outside horizon, other potential aircraft nearby,etc. some of you may...

as a VFR student pilot (getting close to checkride), I have observed that I may be more conscientious than some when it comes to monitoring weather(previous threads on this website have indicated that some pilots barely even took the time to do so and) that said, one aviation weather tool that...

I am currently a VFR student pilot about 85% of the way toward check ride to those pilots who have actually done an accelerated IFR Program: as I understand, these programs will teach you to fly in marginal weather and/0r at night. yet you can't control the weather, so are most people doing the...

recently I met the Pilot Examiner who performs many checkrides for PPL candidates at the school(in Houston TX) I take lessons at. I took the opportunity to ask him if he allow students pilots on their checkrides with him to use Foreflight)with GPS feature deactivated.. he said "yes I do" yet I...

NOTE:I take lessons(VFR student pilot in training)and fly out of David Hooks airport in Tomball Tx. I am about 80-85% toward getting PPL yesterday during a briefing with my Flight instructor, he mentioned that recently, DPE's in Harris County(Houston TX)had been failing ALOT of students going...

as a VFR student pilot, recently post solo (but way before checkride), I have been wondering this for a while. if you didnt have access to ATIS(and are near an airport or not), how do you pinpoint wind direction?(what if the wind sock isnt visible)? what are some reliable ways that other...

I soloed about 3 weeks ago and and afterwards, my CFI and I discussed what my weather minimums will be. (this will change and evolve over time). and indirectly, up until now, I havent had that much practice crabbing into wind, either in the pattern or just flying in general so presently, I can...

I am a vfr private pilot in training and I have learned that I dont really like flying in really turbulent conditions read: really gusty, windy conditions. (I fly in the airspace above Houston Tx, and fly out of KDWH). I always check aviationweather.gov before I depart for the airport, because...

If you are a pilot who has flown often next to another pilot in a single/or mulit engine plane(you could be a professional co-pilot, or just a friend who is a licensed VFR pilot also ), what are some examples of tasks or behavior that you notice that the Pic does that makes him a safer than...

while I am still a PPL in training(just passed my first "stage check", I have a question about updating the altimeter during flight I already know that many Pilots on this website fly cross country. for some, it maybe just under 100 miles, for others perhaps up to 1000? miles. I already know...

I had a "stage check" scheduled today with another instructor at my school suggested by the CFI I normally fly with I am a student PPL in progress flying VFR. its my practice when there are unusual weather conditions to communicate with my instructor(on phone) prior to lessons to determine...

As a PPL student, I have learned quite a bit about aviation weather over the past 15 months. As a student flying VFR, there is the obvious: you don’t fly with thunderstorms in the area of the airport(and which the storms are expected to be around for a while), when visibility is poor(and...

as a PPL in training, its my expectation that by the end of Mar 16', I will have my checkride scheduled and passed. after that I have some ideas for trips. the initial ones will be within Texas(for ex: KDWH to KADS, or KDWH to KFTW, or KSGR to KAUS...all round trips). the school I would also...

the "do runups work" thread had mentioned some things that as a PPL in process, I never knew in detail.... until recently I am more or less about 42 hours into my private pilot and naturally the runup is part of what I like every other student pilot and regular pilot learns. the instructor...

S turns are a maneuver( I have practiced with my CFI) that I thought were to better adjust to or build skill with turning into or away from wind. until this last week coming in on final approach, the VASI lights indicated we were too high. my instructor told me to initiate a narrow S Turn...

up until now all my PPL lessons have been in a Cessna 172R or K. for the first time this last week I went up in a Piper Warrior II. the Cessna is a high wing-the Piper is a low wing. the Cessna has electronic flaps(switch usually located far right/lower part of instrument panel. what's new for...

I went on my first night flight cross country as a student pilot this weekend. Tomball Tx(KDWH)to College Station TX(KCLL)and back Entering the cockpit with my flight instructor, I learned that the instruments would not be illuminated throughout the entire flight. This caused ALOT of...

I had an lesson scheduled this day. I am a VFR private pilot in training I checked 800wxbrief and it said there was a convective sigmet issued in my area(SE Texas-my departure airport is KSGR. the TAF reported MVFR: showers in the vacinity before, during, and after the time of lesson would you...