Five reasons why you, yes you, you right there sitting at home watching this now...
five reasons why you should learn how to fly.
100% of people all agree that being
a pilot is the coolest thing in the world and right now when we're all stuck
at home it's actually the best time to consider whether you want to get your
private pilot's license too. So here are my five reasons why you should learn how
to fly and stick around at the end because I've got a couple of tips which
will help you get started on your private pilot's license journey without
even having to leave your own home.
Yes I know learning doesn't sound fun
but the things you learn in aviation are. You can learn things that most other
people will probably never know like what makes a plane fly? How exactly does
the weather work? How are pilot's able to navigate anywhere in the world day and
night using computers in the airplane? How do piston or jet engines work?
How can huge passenger jets take off and carry passengers halfway around the
world without even stopping? As a pilot you get to lift the lid on the secrets
of one of the most interesting industries in the whole wide world and
you get to appreciate this planet in a whole new way.
As a private pilot you decide where to go you decide what to do when you get
there and you decide when or if you want to fly on to your next destination
nobody else tells you where to fly what to fly or when to fly there. Every day is
a new adventure and you're the pilot in command. You'll get to explore and
experience this planet like very few others ever will and then you can share
that experience with family and friends and anyone else that you want to take
flying with you. You get to be the author of your own adventures and end up making
stories that you will remember for the rest of your life.
Did you know you can
legally fly in a lot of countries before you're actually allowed to drive? In most
countries you can fly under the supervision of an instructor at any age
and you can fly solo when you turn 16. Some pilots actually did their first
solo on their 16th birthday! Plus when you learn how to fly your skills in
other areas will improve as well areas such as
driving for example. When you
learn to become a private pilot you learn about being more aware of what's
happening around you at any one time we call that situational awareness and
that's applicable to all walks of life especially things like driving. I
honestly think being a pilot makes you a more responsible driver.
If you're wondering as well this is just it's just a green screen like we're we're not
moving anywhere I am being responsible. Here's reason number four.
The moment you start learning to fly you become part of a family of like-minded
adventurers and aviators from all around the world. Take my Aviation At Home
colleagues for example. Fellow aviators and YouTubers. There's Jason, Nancy,
Steve, Petter, Steph .I didn't know any of these people before I started flying and
now we're working on this project together to help encourage more people
like you to come and join our aviation family.
It's an accepting diverse supportive caring family and when you become a
pilot you become part of that family too.
If you do want to get into aviation now is actually a great time to learn. The
global pilot shortage combined with so many more people traveling every year
means there should be even more opportunities for pilots in the future.
Now of course things are a little bit uncertain right now but once we're up
and traveling again things will get back to normal, there will be opportunities as
pilots, airline pilots, charter pilots, flying scenic flights, aerobatics, freight.
Aviation is growing more every single year and we need people like you to be a part of it.
Ok so you want to come join us you want to be a pilot? Good choice!
Now there are three simple quick things that you can do to help you on your
private pilot's license journey and you don't even need to leave the home.
Firstly get yourself a flight simulator. Now you don't need a fancy home flight
sim setup you don't need expensive software you don't need all the gear.
Some flight sims have a free trial and some you can even use on your iPad or
iPhone. Find a flight sim that you like open it up and just play. Just immerse
yourself in that cockpit environment. You probably won't know what most of it does
right now but that doesn't matter. You just want to get used to how things look
and feel inside the cockpit so when you start flight training for real things
will feel a lot more familiar. Ssecondly start watching other pilots. Now YouTube
is a brilliant resource for budding aviators but you already know that right
because, well, you're watching this on youtube right now.
However watching other pilots is a great way to introduce yourself to certain
phrases we use in the cockpit, the terminology for certain bits of
equipment, what certain things do. But I believe most importantly use YouTube to
see why other pilots are flying. You'll learn the technical stuff when you do
your flight training but use YouTube in the mean time to understand why it is
you want to become a pilot. Thirdly you can start getting ahead with some of the
theory now. Jump on things like eBay or Amazon and look for secondhand copies of
theory books. They're called different things in different countries but start
with things like the FAA's 'Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge'.
Now don't worry, just like with flying in the sim you might not understand a lot of
what's in front of you right now but just immersing yourself in the
terminology and the theory behind aviation now is is going to give you a
huge head start when you actually start your flight training.
This video is one part of a bigger project called aviation at home where some of the YouTubers you
saw previously in this video and my self, look we just want to get across how
awesome the world of aviation really is and why we'd really like you to consider
being a part of it in the future as well. If you love your aviation click on that
subscribe button come join the channel. Thank you as always for watching and now
over to my friend Steph Strickland who's going to tell you a little bit more
about aviation at home.
Stef! You're amazing I'm also a Steph
I'm Steph Strickland, avgeekv student pilot, someone who loves this community
and thank you so much for being a part of this. We had five amazing content
creators take part in this particular initiative of aviation at home, we
covered a lot of ground, thank you so much for watching and for being a part
of this experience let us know in the comments what you would like to see us
do in future installments. Cheers!