The day finally arrived: 19 July 2025. Hopefully the day I would obtain my PPL. Final preparation began two days earlier with a short call with the examiner to confirm expectations. For the outbound leg he would act as a passenger while I flew us somewhere for coffee, following a

After figuring out how to do my Power Idle approach I still had 1 issue that prevented me from progressing and taking my skill test. I was flying inconsistent. Sometimes I would fly well within tolerances for PPL, always ahead of the plane, making good decisions. But then for a

It took me more than two years to obtain my PPL. Between bad weather and fitting lessons around work, I logged many extra hours. It would be easy to blame circumstances, but in truth two major factors held me back. The first was power-idle approaches. It wasn’t the startle