EP27 - 10 Tips For Your First 100 Hours as a Private Pilot

Today we'll talk about our top ten tips for your first 100 hours as a private pilot.  



1. Update your Renters Policy

2. Weight and Balance - don't pile your friends in early on

3. Consider flying solo to a destination first before taking a passenger

4. Treat every flight like the DPE is still sitting in the right seat

5. Maintain a training mindset (practice maneuvers, hold yourself to standards, pattern work)

6. Visit a lot of local airports and get to know FBOs, services

7. Have a plan for expanding your minimums

8. Fly long cross countries! go places!  

9. Take having passengers very seriously, and be aware of the effects on ADM, etc

10. Overprepare - get weather briefings - have an alternate/out for every flight   



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