Welcome to the Part Time Pilot Audio Ground School Podcast! This podcast is going to be all about providing student pilots with ANOTHER way that they can consume the Private Pilot curriculum. Each episode is myself, Nick Smith, going through the lessons of our Online Ground School but adding more detail, stories and metaphors to make it consumable in the audio format. The #1 reason student pilots never end up becoming a private pilot is NOT due to money. The real reason is actually deeper than that. Yes, flight training is expensive. But every student pilot knows this and budgets for it when they decide to do it. The actual #1 reason a student pilot fails is because they do not have a good, fundamental understanding of the private pilot knowledge they are meant to learn in ground school.  You see when a student does not have a good grasp of this knowledge they get to a point in their flight training where their mind just can’t keep up. They start making mistakes and having to redo lessons. And THAT is when it starts getting too expensive.  This audio ground school is meant for the modern day student pilot... aka the part time student pilot. Let’s face it, the majority of us have full time responsibilities on top of flight training. Whether it is a job, kids, family, school, etc. we all keep ourselves busy with the things that are important to us. And with today’s economy we have to maintain that job just to pay for the training. The modern day student pilot is busy, on the go and always trying to find time throughout his or her day to stay up on their studies. The audio ground school allows them to consume high quality content while walking, running, working out, sitting in traffic, traveling, or even just a break from the boring FAR/AIM or ground school lecture.  Did I meant high quality content? The audio ground school is taken straight out of the 5-star rated Part Time Pilot Online Ground School that has had over 350 students take and pass their Private Pilot exams without a SINGLE STUDENT FAILING. We do this by keeping ground school engaging, fun, light and consumable. We have written lessons, videos, audio lessons, live video lessons, community chats, quizzes, practice tests, flash cards, study guides, eBooks and much more.  Part Time Pilot was created to be a breath of fresh air for student pilots. To be that flight training provider that looks out for them and their needs. So that is just what we are doing with this podcast.

Our aim to educate and inform you, explore and develop your passion for aviation, and entertain you a little along the way.

General Aviation news, pilot tips for beginners & experts, interviews, listener questions answered, technical details on G1000 & Perspective glass cockpits & flying GPS approaches. 40 yrs experience flying general aviation aircraft. As an active flight instructor, I bring my daily experiences in the air to this show to help teach pilots and future pilots to fly safely. I'm a Platinum Cirrus CSIP instructor and work with people who are thinking about buying a new or used SR20 or SR22. Go to AviationNewsTalk.com for my contact information, or to click on Listener Questions, which lets you speak into your phone to leave a question you’d like answered on the show.

In diesem Podcast dreht sich alles um die allgemeine Luftfahrt, Privatpiloten und Flugschüler. Wir sprechen über den Weg vom Fußgänger ins Cockpit, die Pilotenausbildung in Flugschule oder Verein, die Kosten für den PPL(A), den Kauf eines eigenen Flugzeugs und den Einstieg ins Instrumentenflug-Training (IR). Dazu gibt es jede Menge Praxiswissen: Fliegen ohne Flugleiter (FoF), Flugplan aufgeben, Weight & Balance, Gebührenfallen und Tipps rund um Flugplätze in Deutschland und Europa – inklusive Geheimtipps, wo es den besten Burger für Piloten gibt. Regelmäßig laden wir spannende Gäste ein – von erfahrenen Fluglehrern über Rechtsanwälte bis zu Behördenvertretern – und diskutieren Themen wie die ZÜP, Versicherungen oder moderne Flug-Apps. Unser Ziel: Ehrliche Einblicke, handfeste Tipps und inspirierende Geschichten aus der Pilotenszene. Wenn du dich für Privatfliegerei, Flugausbildung, Luftrecht, Flugzeuge und Pilotenstories interessierst, dann bist du hier genau richtig. Abonniere den Podcast und hebe mit uns ab!

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