HOW TO LAND A CESSNA 172 | Circuit Touch & Goes | Getting Your Pilot's License | Flight Training 

Hey Jorden! I’m glad my channel has been somewhat helpful! I’m trying to pass on the experience that I get to do as a pilot that most don’t ever get to see. You are right, it is a skill that always fascinates the mind and keeps every Pilot learning until they’re dead! Hopefully at a very old age! But if anything, I’ve tried to show people that being a Pilot is MUCH more than the airlines. So if you do want to learn to fly in Hawaii, you are in a great spot to do some incredible flying right from your home island! :) message me on inta, let’s keep in touch! Would be cool to maybe link up next time I’m in Hawaii!

That’s crazy!! I can only imagine!!

Thanks a lot! I really appreciate it :) sometimes it is a challenge to get good visual content while flying at the same time! Haha

And keep me posted on your progress with the PPl!

@@EvanLuft So, first outing last Thursday. Very thermally and even conditions. Instructor handled the gusty crosswind takeoff which normally I would have done but after 14 months layoff it would not have been sensible.... I took us out of the circuit at 2,000ft and spent the next twenty minutes simply flying around Derbyshire/Staffordshire working on achieving a consistent straight and level and airspeed. It took a while and needed regular small tweaks as the wind direction and speed was so variable. After nailing that and making sure the trim was spot-on we headed back for a couple of low approach and go round practices on 35. I realised on the way home that I'd not once checked the DI against compass after we had taken off, and I forgot carb heat on at least one of the approaches. Still, we ended up at the right height and airspeed on the approaches which tutor seemed happy with. The go-arounds were messy because I was taking my eyes inside for taking the first stage of flap back off, so we practised messing with the flaps without looking. Tutor landed us on runway 28 (there are three at EGBD) I haven't used before; even he had to admit he'd floated a bit, with airspeed a couple of knots high. I expect this is all familiar sounding stuff to someone with your experience! Next lesson Monday, hoping it will good for circuits on 23 and getting closer to happy relaxed near perfect landing.

hmm that should said UNeven conditions :-)

@@colinbartram3467 Thats awesome! well to be honest, nothing speaks for experience. I always tell newer pilot to just get in the airplane and go flying... because confidence with the aircraft controls will increase exponentially with stick time. I know 200 hour pilot that are WAY better pilots because they are practicing a more complex aircraft than some 3000 hour pilots that just fly the same airplane every single day in the same area with no weather. haha Also... once you get confident with your landings... it will transfer over to every other aircraft you fly. At some point... an airplane is just an airplane and you'll feel ready to take on any aircraft!

Hey Neil!! That is fricken awesome!!! Always been a dream to fly helps for me so mad respect for your foot skills! Hit me up on my social media would be great to keep in touch!! And thanks!! :)

@@EvanLuft Thanks so much Evan!! I most certainly will look you up on the socials and would love to keep in touch!!

That’s awesome and I agree. Did some stalls and spins a while back (probably my favourite part of any aircraft training) and you almost have to cheat with aileron to get the airplane to spin. Such a forgiving airplane! :)

Thanks so much! Means a whole lot! 😃😃🤙

Thanks a lot!! :) sharing my love for adventure flying! Thank you sir! :)

Haha good idea actually! I’m still here :) and been flying for over 18 years now :)

Haha what are the chances eh! Well my training takes me back to the Morgan air days. But it is always humbling leaving professional flying world and getting back into a small airplane to do some simple flying. So much fun and a good challenge I must say. And YEH used to be one of the best airplanes when it was owned by fly right.

Thanks!!!

Good advice! Recently learned to paraglide :) so much fun but you have to hit your landing spot. Learned a lot from the paragliding courses

That’s a good point! Yeah the 172 is a fun little airplane. I don’t mind buzzing along at 100 knots now and then.

Thanks!! :)

thanks!!!

I’m glad you enjoyed it!

@@EvanLuft Im struggling a little with trim settings and setting air speed with addition of flaps. Are you using your control pressure to set an airspeed then trimming off pressure? Or setting a go to trim after powering back and adding flaps?

I could land a 172 with my eyes closed pretty much lol so it didn’t bother me any

LoL

@@EvanLuft that sounds like a great video idea! Lol

Democrats make this a law so you are terrified of getting a seriously deadly disease such as covid

@@EvanLuftclosing your eyes is not procedure good sir!

haha yes!!

That’s very smart! Haha did you used to fly bombers? I met a fellow last week that flew f104s. Pretty cool!!

With that attitude you won't get far

thanks a lot!! :)

Hey! It all depends on the type of airplane. In a single engine aircraft like in this video, the higher you are in the sky, the better off you are because you have a longer time to troubleshoot the problem and find a landing spot to glide to. :) all sorts of things break all the time in aircraft but usually they are minor problems that don’t impact a flight directly. But most emergencies no many how serious are manageable and pilots are trained to get the airplane down safely.

haha yes!!! invite me please haha

Oh geee! When it was fly right?

If you want to just do the ppl… go to a flight school. :) that’s what I did

I agree! And that’s how I was taught but their policy now is “full rich” all the time for circuits. They actually kept telling me to keep full rich as per their school policy now haha

@@EvanLuft AHAHAHAH great , btw nice vid & great landings!!

What do you mean? :)

Haha thanks!! I know, it made for some laughs

It is the stall warning. Basically when the airplane slows enough to where there isn’t sufficient airflow over the wings. On landing, it is considered a good thing when you hear the stall horn right as your wheels touch down :)

Yeah you’re right. :) I think I said 65 in the video.

No worries.great job you did.my instructor used to hammer V speeds.lol with Vx @ 58kts,Vy @ 68 kts,and Vy+10 @ 78 kts for good visibility.you did outstanding!

Actually, you are correct for the most part, Foreflight with ADS-B is incredible and I highly recommend it. However, there have been many instances where for some reason or another, certain aircraft's transponders just don't show up. So if you are in VFR conditions... it is still a MUST that you keep an eye outside the airplane for other traffic that the ADS-B may not pick up. Although ADS-B is a very useful tool :)

@@EvanLuft Hey, thanks for the quick reply and I had no idea it "missed" some transponders. That's good to know and a little scary. It's also one of those things they conveniently don't disclose when marketing it. Thanks for letting me know!

Yeah I am sure there is someone who could better answer this, but for some reason (perhaps because of older equipment in some airplanes) their transponders don't show up on ADS-B. It is scary sometimes at medium sized airports where there is no tower controller or good radar.

And not all aircraft have a transponder.

Really depends on the place. With no instructor it is around $170 per hour

@@EvanLuft If you rent for a day, do you actually pay for the hours you fly, or all the hours you have the plane? Thnx

That’s awesome! That’s a.big school!) do you have your commercial?

@@EvanLuft no i wnated ap arivate one

Great!

:)

I know haha thanks! I figured that out a little too late! hahaha

My glasses still get fogged :/

I don’t see why not!

You are correct

I know haha 😂

Lol ain’t that the truth :p

Not anymore.

I thought the same thing. Lol

Happy flying partner. Sorry for the hard time, seems like you’re a good sport though 👍🏼

@@connorammerman470 haha regulations sometimes are so silly. But I agree with you! haha

At the time it was the only way they’d allow me to rent a plane lol so for the love of aviation… I put it on. Lol

Thanks Kevin!