Hey Jason, your friends here at KHWO would love to have you again. KHWO the second busiest Class D contracted tower in the United States. Typical 1200 operations a day. You learn quick how to and how not to communicate. The Tower Ops are fantastic. We even have the Guinness Book of Record holder for the oldest tower controller in the world. See you in the skies! Jay
Can you do a video explaining the process of tying down in another airport? Say you are going from A to B you are unfamiliar with B and going to stay in B for the weekend. Do you have to call in advance and arrange parking?, do you just get there and pick a spot? How does it works?? -- thanks!!
I would love this as well. I am a new private pilot and I only found one CFI who had an answer for me about this. He said that once you're on the ground, request taxi instructions from the tower to the FBO. Once at the FBO, go inside and tell them you just landed and ask them if they have a courtesy/rental car, and how much they charge for you to stay tied down for the weekend. He also told me that if you do some research ahead of the time, most FBO's will have prices published online (such as fuel, general rental car pricing, etc.)
Nice video... I love the avionics upgrades and paint scheme you have done on your plane! ... I remember seeing it when you first got it and it is sooo much nicer now!!
Instructors need to teach… not just expect perfection by osmosis or ESP. Your approach is patient, instructive, and cognizant of how overwhelmed you likely felt in the beginning. You are a class A instructor!
Rusty student pilot here, but I have some general advice for any radio communication as a 911 dispatcher and amateur radio operator. If you feel compelled to use a long "Aaaaaaaaand..." when you're beginning your transmission (to get the gears turning), it's fine, just don't *transmit* it, get it out _then_ hit the button. Along those lines, if you forget what you're going to say, instead of transmitting the "um"s and "uh"s, just un-key, let them out, collect your thoughts and try again. This will give your transmissions an air of professionalism, so ATC at least thinks you know what you're doing. Oh, and if you have a mustache, trim it so you don't mumble. :)
Jason, speaking of being a rusty student pilot, I'd like to meet up and have you review my progress. I'm in JAX and could easily drive to KOCF or X08 sometime.
My home airport is a Class D and I get so intimidated every time I enter the airspace. "How are they gonna have me enter the pattern?" Freaks me out every time.
Great video's and information, thank you! How about from flight following then the transfer to class D? I've done it years ago, just can't remember how it went. Trying to brush up on typical x-country for my biannual....that's 4 yrs past due.
Thanks for the support! When you're getting flight following and you're coming up to your destination airport, you will have to cancel flight following with enough time to transition over to the control tower to give your position report. Hope that helps!
This is the first time I viewed your channel. It's just like flying with an instructor (I guess that's the point) :-) . Very informative. I really like your plane's flight panel. No classy and right-to-the-point! Thank you for sharing.
When you taxied off the runway the controller said, "taxi to the ramp." I was expecting you to continue across to the ramp area. Instead you turned left down the parallel taxiway. I'm assuming that you were going to the hangers farther down the taxiway. Did you controller ask you where you were going, or did you explain yourself after the video ended?
sir, your videos are very well done... a suggestion , most professionals stress sterile cockpit below 10 K. Including taxi. I know promotion is important for your channel. perhaps a recorded splice while not under power. Otherwise... great videos. Thx.
Always a great, Great Job Jason. Thank you for the live feed with Steveo1. I am a 50-year-old really considering a start on following through with my dream as a kid to earn a PPL. You are certainly entertaining and very educational may you be safe and thank you for all your hard work promoting GA. I truly believe that people like you self and Steveo1, flight chops, Baron Pilot, Greg at premier1, aviation101, Matt Guthmiller, JP, FLY8MA, and others are truly helping General Aviation continue to grow...
I made a checklist for Departing and Entering Class D airports using your video as a format showing how easy to use written aids over Videos. It would be great if we had aids like simple preflight manuals. I know there made but never find anything concise and simple as the one I made. Now all I have to do is shrink it and laminate it.
Ok i signed up through pilot blueprint and it said i had 14 days to sign up and get free books. I was close im not 100% sure I made it but this vid said through January so I am good regardless right?
I learned to fly at a (Canadian) Class C airport. Same as U.S. Class C, clearance required to enter the airspace. We only have a handful of Class D airports. I was terrified the first time I flew with an instructor to an uncontrolled airport...
The regs state that as long as I can reach all items in the cockpit. At 6'4 thats easy hahaha. That is of course assuming there isn't an STC that says otherwise.
I've been listing to the students come in to my airport, what is with all the slurred and mumbled speech? Nice to hear communications spoken slow enough and clear. Good Job!
I'm a helicopter student, and I think I can say that other students think they need to talk fast to sound like pilots...I did this in the beginning a little bit. Now I try to slow down my radio calls and think about what I'm actually saying and why.
Hi Tom! ATC will only give you true holding instructions while on an IFR flight plan. If VFR when trying to enter a Class D and ATC needs you to hold outside the airspace, they will typically say something along the lines of "remain outside Class Delta." Otherwise, ATC will tell you how to enter the airspace such as entering a downwind, reporting over a specific VFR waypoint, etc. If you have any more questions please reach out to us at support@mzeroa.com. Thanks and have a great day!
