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For my little piece of advice... My landings were all over the place for a long time, the most simple thing that helped me was to maintain a constant sitting position every time I got in the plane. I, like most others I think, learned at a flying school and still rent planes from them today...

The only other red flag that just hit me there was when you said “the schools other 172”. My other (admittedly minor) issue with my flight school was that they only have 3 x 172’s, and while it wasn’t much of an issue for the early days of training, it introduced delays when I got to...

Thank you all, I appreciate it!

To clarify, I should state that yes, I can see where the FBO is, and I can see where the planes are parked. But having never done it yet, I didn’t want to head that way without having any idea whether I needed to take my own equipment to secure the aircraft.

Regarding Sportys... I used them for the Ground School, and overall, I agree that it's solid, not over-priced, and did well for me. However.. Yes! This quote is so true!

I'll say I had two sides of this. 1) I learned at a towered Class D under a Class B shelf. So right off the bat, radio calls and altitude awareness were top of the list. I heard stories about people who learned at non-towered that were then nervous when they had to speak to ATC, but I never had...

Thank you all for the advice and the info. I appreciate it. It gives me an idea of what to expect and a little more confidence about it.

That is an excellent website resource! Thank you!

Hello! I recently passed my ppl checkride and I'm now looking to start venturing out for a quick lunch somewhere. I've obviously done cross country runs as part of training, and a couple since then, but never stopped at a remote airfield. So the question is... how do I do it? I fly out of KRNT...