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Flying is attractive because of the difference in driving time versus flying time. You know this is especially true if you live inland like many of our customers who reside in the North Carolina Piedmont or Triangle regions. Whether you are planning an extended beach stay or a day trip, you should be aware of these four key items when flying to the coast.
Studying should not be a chore. You chose to learn to fly for any number of reasons. Enjoy the journey. Enjoy learning. A good pilot never stops learning. You will make your aviation journey much more enjoyable if you can learn how to study effectively sooner in your training rather than later. For those of us that are not straight out of high school or college and are learning to fly, this may mean relearning how to study.
As tempting as it may be to skip some steps in the preflight, you should never take shortcuts in a preflight. The preflight is no place for complacency. Always be diligent about doing a thorough preflight every time you take to the skies. Being proactive and diligent during the preflight inspection gives you the chance to find identify concerns before you realize you should not have taken off in the first place.
The second part of the 100-hour or annual inspection is the service items. Maintenance facilities that can assign two mechanics to an inspection can allow one mechanic to focus on the inspection, while the other works on service items. At Elon Aviation we have both an Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) mechanic and an Inspector Authorization (IA) working together to complete our 100-hour and annual inspections.
