{"id":699,"date":"2012-06-15T12:47:21","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T19:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tailwheelersjournal.mechadigital.net\/?p=699"},"modified":"2021-08-26T20:37:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T20:37:59","slug":"students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tailwheelersjournal.com\/students\/","title":{"rendered":"#33 Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been a student pilot for many years.\u00a0 When I look back, I realize that I had a helluva lot more to learn back when I first became a flight instructor.\u00a0 My studies may have advanced me a bit since then, but I\u2019m still a student pilot.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve heard some people identify themselves by, \u201cI\u2019m just a student pilot\u201d.\u00a0 I even had one person identify himself as a \u201clowly<\/strong> student pilot\u201d.\u00a0 While I greatly appreciate his humility, I maintain that there is no place for that denigration in our fraternity of aviators.<\/p>\n

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Instructor Dale Masters congratulates Hooper Lansburgh upon Hooper's first glider solo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My father used to say, \u201cI\u2019m a student of life\u2019s scene\u2026\u201d.\u00a0 \u00a0When I was a kid, I thought that meant that he was just nosy.\u00a0 As I look back, though, I think he really was fascinated by people and their behavior. Maybe that\u2019s where I got it.\u00a0 As my students know, I make a big deal out of understanding common errors in learning to fly.\u00a0 That\u2019s one of the ways in which I\u2019m a student.<\/p>\n

Many of us are aware of the definition of \u201cAmateur\u201d.\u00a0 That word comes from the Latin for \u201clover\u201d.\u00a0 An amateur can be said to be someone who does something for the love of it.\u00a0 The term has nothing to do with a person\u2019s skill.\u00a0 Likewise, a student is not someone who does something haltingly because it is new to them.\u00a0 A student is someone who studies a pursuit in order to better themselves.\u00a0 That\u2019s why I admire other students so much.<\/p>\n

Very few of my students are \u201cStudent Pilots\u201d by the FAA definition.\u00a0 Most of my students hold a private pilot certificate, many have a commercial certificate and some are CFI\u2019s.\u00a0 Those are all just FAA certificates and have little to do with skill or aptitude.\u00a0 What all of those pilots have in common is that desire to learn more and to improve their flying skills.\u00a0 They are all students.<\/p>\n

So if you are just getting into the flying game and haven\u2019t yet earned your private license, carry that \u201cstudent pilot\u201d moniker with pride.\u00a0 You are one of those select people who have chosen to study a complicated and sometimes demanding pursuit.\u00a0 Welcome\u2026 and,<\/p>\n

Happy Swooping,<\/p>\n

Brian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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