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Gen Z here who recently had my first lesson. Definitely agree with the points Personally, I do like the older aircraft (especially pipers 😍 was lucky and got my first lesson in an Arrow 2 R) and I don’t mind reading the books but I know even my dad who is a boomer found the ages of the aircraft shocking and I know that if I tooo my mates to learn about it they’d be asking questions about that and probably would be less willing to learn from a thick text book I think this is something we can do as a community to. It shouldn’t be hard for us to put together learning courses catered to younger people (even younger than me) and to put the spark of aviation into people from an early age The cost is incredibly prohibitive too. Although it’s not actually that much for something like a PPL those costs don’t drop with time so it’s a rough process I see looking forward for me Airlines need to be doing more work to push and train people. I wanted to be a commercial pilot but my god the cost is too high. I’ve now leaned more to ATC who PAY YOU to learn It’s investment for them I get it but they’re not gonna do well with no pilots either

With the logbook do you only need 2 hours in the three months before renewal or two hours every three months and if you do need it every three months do you need to submit the logbook anywhere

what an awesome review!

Great video. ATC talking kinda fast. Airport elevation 1099' but your altimeter showed 1500'. I'm confused. My first PE flight by the way.

I just got mine and so far I love it. But I’m a warbird (WWII) guy so it may be overkill.

Thanks for the sample excel, I'll build on it.

We just pass evaluation for the special category, so much regulation, what a headache

Im very confused im doing everything in this vid and the plane aint going anywhere the engine is on????

I'm assuming from the lack of uploads tha CAA won?

Finally someone who explains the instruments well in X plane! And shows the instruments well. I hope you are still taking lessons, the ILS approach does not always go well! Sometimes it steers away from the runway instead of toward it. And how can I set a button on my joystick in X plane to turn the AP on and off upon landing? thanks in advance

I used two GA airfields less than 30 minutes away, they both closed. There are now two about an hour away, one of those is career pilot training only now. I was travelling a bit further to do aerobatics and could never find anywhere to park. Once when I did find a place, I later had to move the car because "the club captain" was raging that I had used his space. I didn't go back. Compared to a little grass field place I visited, where the school there made sure everyone was welcome.

Matt I have X-plane 10 and a Microsoft Sidewinder percision 2 joy stick. How do I set up my Joystick on X-plane 10. Seem different. It also says in the manual this, " During this first launch, the program can quickly and automatically configure the joystick using one simple step. In the Joystick Quick-Config box that appears, click the Yes button, then move the joystick through all of its axes several times. Click the Continue button and your joystick will be calibrated." But there is no joy stick quick config box to say yes to.

Fantastic advice. Any recommendations for an easy class D field in the Western Expansion area?

Have a vote.

For God's sake stop waving your hands about.

At 22:00 does the tower say "Report Golf Zulu if you just straight ahead" ? I really don't hear "Seven One Four Golf Zulu" or "Four Golf Zulu". And at 22:06 he does it again!

Hey. Looking for some guidance please. I have a “brown” (pre JAA) CAA PPL which I understand is a lifetime licence however I’m not current so no SEP rating. Does having a PPL provide any dispensation in terms of the theory aspects given I’ve already trained in air law etc. cheers.

Great

Fantastic dose of truth!

What if I want to connect to two iPads, one with ForeFlight and the other with Avidyne IFD Trainer Xp?

Hi. just discovered your channel. New subscriber here. I got my PPL at Shropshire Aero Club in 2017. Great club and I will be coming back to revalidate my licence at some point. I tried a different club recently due to my house relocation and it wasn’t very inviting and the hire rates didn’t compare. Edit Didn’t realise this video was from 3 years ago. Not sure how it appeared in my recommendations!

Hey Matt, thanks for this video, recently I was also thinking of getting myself PPL qualified but finding the process very expensive and lacks digital learning content : (

God these guys sound so much more polished than the VATSIM crowd. Not that there’s anything wrong with the VATSIM controllers! I’m nervous now about switching over to this.

Just came across your channel. I first flew in the backseat of a T Mk10 Chipmunk in 1987 at RAF Woodvale but only took a trial flight when I lived in Wyoming a decade later. It wasn't until I returned to Wyoming in 1998 did I fly 36 hours, primarily in a Cessna 172. Came back to Liverpool and didn't continue flying (lessons) and only restarted a couple of years ago. I have a few points to make about your video. 1. The ground school exams are ridiculous. They used to be a selection of 16 questions from a question bank of 120 questions from the Pooleys books - which I thought was too easy. But, early 2021, then changed the system and now you have to study all the books, back to front. That, I don't mind because as an aerospace engineering graduate, I quite enjoyed re-learning all those topics. *However*, the exam questions seem to be designed to catch you out instead of testing your knowledge. Some answers are so vague, it's impossible to differentiate between one and the other. I failed 2 out of 9 exams but passed both the second time around. However, why I was so annoyed was because one question (in my Ops exam) was an ATPL-level question. When I complained to the CAA, they agreed that question shouldn't have been there but "it didn't change the result". So, the PPL ground school exams have gone from one extreme (i.e., simple memorising the question bank, which I personally disagreed with) to the other extreme (having to study all the books). 2. I totally agree with VR. I have XPLANE 11.5 with an Oculus Rift S VR headset (although the Pimax Crystal is the one you should aspire to getting), ORBX GB North, Central and South as well as all the UK airports and airfields. The *best* yoke, throttle quadrant and rudder pedals are from Honeycomb although as of autumn 2023, the Charlie pedals haven't been released yet (so I use my Thrustmaster TPR pedals). Anyway, flying out of Liverpool John Lennon Airport in VR is *absolutely* beautiful. I haven't started using VATSIM yet but I hear nothing but positive reviews about it. It's a system where you talk to real people in ATC so you can practise your RT (radio telecommunications), which for some reason in the UK, I can't do properly. BTW, Sleap is interesting because the information box gives a "right hand circuit" when it's actually a left hand circuit. Thanks for the video. Although I wasn't in the air force or navy, it's interesting to see someone who returned to GA from professional aviation so I've given you a follow.

Too many planes and too many entitled people.

Sir, how to make it happen for MSFS2020? Thanks.

To rent a modern glass panel AC it's 400 a hour US thats a lot of money , If you have deep pockets or rich parents it's possible but for the average Joe it's not possible. Good Video though. I have been flying since the 1970s ppl / rotorcraft, taildragger rated. It's a expensive hobby but i LOVE it...

Unfortunately the only way that we'll get more pilots going is for there to be a war and we're threatened by another regime and the money for training will come from government that will need protection. They know the aircraft is an effective killing machine and they will utilize it and the young people of this country to save it's neck.

Great Matt. Think it needs a bit of an update edit.

I think the NPPL(M) training fleet has got younger alot are now using C42 aircraft of less than 10years old, the microlight class now being upto 600Kg MTOW have performance equal to if not better than a lot of the older Group A and with much lower running costs and fuel burn.

It seems to me that in the UK any regulatory / governmental body seem to want to make the implementation of news rules/laws difficult for those that the laws will affect in day to day life. Its almost as if they want people to end up breaking them inadvertently so that punitive fines and charges can be brought. I've been seriously considering a drone for personal use, and was looking initially at the Mavic 3 Classic, more lately the Air 3, but then started finding out about all the legislation and where you can and can't use said drones. And to be fair there are so many little backchannels and ways round certain bits of the rules (A2 CofC, then the if its.a C1 drone it'll be in A1, and on and on), that you wonder where and when you can or can't use the thing, and where and when they will next put in door or take away and existing one.... I drive HGVs and recently the DVLA et al brought in some changes that affect all drivers and operators regarding documenting and holding records for the past 28 days, even if you were on holiday.... They told almost nobody about it before making it law, and right up til the point the law became effective, Barristers and the Road Haulage Assoc were saying different advice to the implemented laws... utter nonsense. And just like the way the laws around drivers hours are worded, it was a more than convoluted way of doing something, where it leaves you feeling like they want you to fuck up and get fined. The drone space is similar, I guess because people have been dicks and closed Gatwick and Heathrow with their stupidity, which is unfortunate and will mean I go for a Mini 3 Pro instead to avoid all the assorted bullshit that is currently plaguing ownership of drones for fun.

I did notice stuttering. On X plane 11 after installing demo I experienced very noticible stuttering.

Thanks for this video, excellent work - I signed up for PilotEdge but before I could get my first flight in, my old Logitech headphones broke on me. I like the one you are wearing here, not so huge and bulky - may I ask what kind those are? Thanks!

Just found your channel, as an ex RAF chap, it's interesting to hear your story. I work a lot with the rotary world and working through your catalogue of content.

Why doesnt it move the yoke on the plane even if i calibrate it

I've almost completed my PPL here in the US and most of these issues are happening here as well. A mitigating factor here at least is gas is not so artificially high priced. Another issue not mentioned is lack of hangar space ... even simple shade hangars. It can take years on a waiting list to get even a basic, distant, and over-priced shade hanger if you're 'lucky'.

I think the CAA succeeded as you've been silent ever since.

I know this is an older video, but is an equivalent feature available for MSFS 2020? Even with the Flight Events Client, I still can't see traffic when I'm on the network when I select the overlay in ForeFlight.

Excellent presentation. I live in the US and while we still have it good here, but the same thing could happen in the US. Something I think would help, if you could find enough people together, who was willing to start and live in an airpark. There are a number of airparks in Florida. Where you have your house and connected to it is a hanger for your airplane(s). I don't know what the situation is in the UK, if anything of the sort could be worked out so that you are not paying an arm and leg to live in an airpark. Just an idea.

Worked like a charm, great video, thank you!

The UK is a joke for Pilot training and flying. As a country we are way over regulated and priced from all angles.

I have recently gotten back into the idea of getting into aviation after seeing the innovation/changes thats coming around and weight class changes for microlights (600kg MTOW for example), was considering it in the last 2000s when the RAF turned me down when the big cuts came in (scrapping nimrod for example) and 100% something that saddened me was the difficuilty to get to an airfield which isnt a major international airport. As I have never had an inclination to drive I obviously dont own a car as public transport was always "good enough" but with the recent cuts it would take about 3-5 hours to get public transport to the "close" aerodromes as the direct routes were axed which would require effectively skirting around the entire county. Really puts me off the idea of even attempting to get into flying, sure the airport has a great (from looking on the outside) training school for getting a PPL but it doesnt look like its going to have a long term capacity open for microlights/600kg class aircraft in the near future which is what I hope to get into (and if I can save it over the next decade on the side, buy my own aircraft/a share). Not to mention of course the kind of daunting idea of being a tiny bug compared to the very large freight aircraft that will be coming in and out all the time and feeling like being in the way while paying very high costs due to the type of airport it is just to take off and land.

I find DCS really difficult to navigate..it could be SO much better

I feel that deflated within this industry that i may take up Weather Ballooning.

The idiots at the top forget that it was the flying clubs and training schools that gave them their pilots in WW2, and of course this led into commercial post war. These bureaucrats don't think of the strategic and commercial value of flying they just see it as being 'fun', and all fun must cease, except for them and their boozy parties during lockdown. Nothing like destroying a country from within.

I first took flying lessons (fixed wing) in the mid 90's then stopped. 4 years ago I started again with gyros and just after my 69th birthday achieved my PPL(G). I couldn't believe that the methodology, theory and exams basically hadn't moved forward in that time! Luckily I trained with the Gyrocopter Experience who operate the Gyropedia where lessons can be learned online and there are videos of all manoeuvres to watch before actually flying them, I can honestly say that I knew exactly what was going to be thrown at me before each lesson. I now always fly with Skydemon and have thrown my whizzwheel away, why isn't this required training in this day and age? As an aside I agreed that learning in the congested skies of UK with poor weather, etc., make a better pilot. Years ago I qualified as a sport diver in the cold murky waters of UK, when I dived the Mediterranean I was astounded at the lack of knowledge and safety procedures of locally trained divers.

Staverton Gloucester wanted £100

First 5 minutes of this video could be summarised by saying "65k a year, wow that's a lot of money, most people don't earn that much"

Just did my first PE flight. It was scary and exciting at the same time. I've made the decision to train for my PPL and this is my start. Been flying the sim for years but always been afraid to do it with ATC.

Suggested just that to the local flying club about 20 years ago, yes you heard it right! No interest then, no interest now.... So disappointing. Hope this change before it's too late....