Julie has logged 11,000 hours flying the T-34 alone! 

Here’s where you can see Julie!  This is the final season to see her fly.  Please help me share this one far and wide!

And thanks to Jason from TFP for setting this up, and definitely check out his episode about Julie’s back story!

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Welp… Let’s do this? I gotta beat this IFR thing…

I really appreciate Jason from The Finer Points, being a part of my journey – he’s got an amazing podcast and is now making YouTube videos regularly too. Definitely check his stuff if you’re not already familiar!

The Finer Points of Flying Podcast

On The Flight Line (The Finer Points Youtube Channel)

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This was shared on Patreon:

Glad I don’t have to do this alone…

Hey everyone, 

It’s been a crazy year, lots of successes, but one ongoing sort of dragged out failure that has been in the back of my mind… what am I doing about the Instrument Rating – am I really going to let that beat me? 

It is hard to put into words the feeling of seeing all the support that was shared via the comments on YouTube when I published this the other day. 

I considered not making it a paid post here, but I actually did work a lot harder than I meant to on the editing, so it is legit… That said, going forward, the plan is to NOT work hard on editing these “IFR status vlogs”.  The energy needs to go toward the test prep and training.  

Most of these will include flying like this one… But I am also thinking some will be sharing the less exciting parts of the IFR training / test prep, like sitting in Osama’s kitchen and going over sample test questions; maybe I’ll boil down some of the best learning moments or written test prep things that I am having trouble with.  Would you want to see “IFR status vlogs” that don’t include flying footage?  I’ll still be sure to edit them in a way that doesn’t feel like watching paint dry. 

All that said, I rarely publish anything that I didn’t work harder on than I should have :P. 

Why don’t we put it to a poll – should these vlogs (which will be public) be paid or free posts here?  At most it will bring me to 4 monthly paid posts (like a regular episode every 2nd Friday, and one of these every 2nd Wednesday or so).

Thanks again for the support – This is a weird sort of personal journey that I am on, in a very public way – but it really seems to be resonating with the community and encouraging others – so despite being really hard, the whole thing is also very rewarding.

Steve

Watch more content related to Jason Miller:

Jason Miller

TFP (The Finer Points)

Watch more content related to Osama:

Flying with Osama

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This is a major step toward the dream of a Spitfire check out! 

I am proud to be a member of the Canadian Historical Aircraft Association. Please consider sharing their link and or donating to help them keep the airplanes flying! 

Huge thanks to all the Supporters on Patreon!

Productions like this wouldn’t be possible without your help! For those that haven’t seen it, please check the Flight Chops Patreon page to find out how you can be a part of it! 

Patrons can check out these new exclusive uploads:

Watch Ron doing aerobatics on his 85th birthday it the Harvard!

And here is the full cockpit briefing: 

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https://flightchops.com/2016/01/08/pilot-bucket-list-stearman-backseat-checkout-warbird-training/

https://flightchops.com/2015/03/06/super-cub-finding-zen-grass-strip-tail-wheel-flying-short-field-landing-practice/

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Instrument Flying – Multi Tasking is a muscle that you can make stronger!

IFR training has been a long and slow journey for me, but this sort of skill building mission reminded me that even after I get the rating, I am going to want to do things like this (with a CFI or safety pilot) to keep my skills sharp.

Huge thanks to Jason Miller for being willing to share this awesome training. Please give him some love and subscribe to his Youtube channel: The Finer Points

And an extra shout out to CloudAhoy for being a big part of helping to tell this fairly complicated story. Their link is below as they have been a long time supportive sponsor, but here it is again up here – absolutely the best flight debriefing tool available!

Looking for more IFR-related content? 

Check out what we’ve got using this tag.

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Productions like this wouldn’t be possible without your help! For those that haven’t seen it, please check the Flight Chops Patreon page to find out how you can be a part of it! 

There are over 3 dozen “exclusive content” links available now, and many are related to IFR flying already posted on the feed… 

The easiest way to find them is to go to the “Posts” tab, and then click the “Patron Only” button on the left (under the “type” of post). 

This is the link to the “Patrons Only” tab; it should take you to the nearly 3 dozen exclusive posts. 

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If you enjoyed this episode, check out these related episodes!

https://flightchops.com/2015/02/05/ifr-training-holding-with-51-knot-wind-pov-flying-atc-audio/

https://flightchops.com/2016/10/14/ifr-approaches-to-minimums-marine-layer-fog-california-flight-training-vlog-norcal-atc-audio/

https://flightchops.com/2016/11/24/why-are-pilots-afraid-of-atc-flying-ifr-with-a-controller-to-find-out-mooney-m20j-vlog/

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Big congrats to our latest winners*!

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(Open to all Flight Chops Viewers + Flight Chops Patreon Supporters)

Big huge thanks to TFP for graciously providing this Awesome Gift Pack to our winner, DANNY C.!

Thank you to all who participated and showed some love to TFP’s Youtube Channel.  If you haven’t yet subscribed, do so! 

PATREON SUPPORTER PRIZE PACK:

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Congratulations PATRICK J.!  Patrick will take home an awesome group of aviation prizing provided by our Awesome Flight Chops Sponsors which includes a Foreflight Pro membership, a must-have flight bag essential from iCloth Avionics, a CloudAhoy membership, swag from Spectrum Airways and sweet purpose-built shades from Scheyden, plus more awesomeness from sponsors like TFP (The Finer Points of Flying)!  Check out the Sponsors page and learn about this cool stuff.  

I only work with products and services that I like and use myself.

Each month we have the pleasure of giving away cool stuff to our viewers. 

Feeling lucky? Play the Current Contest!

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More Adventure Training with the Finer Points of Flying!

Unexpected challenges on this trip were wild fire smoke, and high winds (that ultimately blew away the wild fire smoke) – so all in all, it was great learning 

Huge thanks to CubCrafters for the CarbonCub FX, and to Patrick for training me – to learn more about them visit: http://cubcrafters.com

Checkout Patrick’s Backcountry Aviation STOL tips YouTube channel.

Patrick does amazing seminars too, please bookmark this page for future!

See dozens of photos from this trip!

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For Patreon-only content related to this episode, please visit: https://www.patreon.com/posts/3-second-take-ss-7821225 

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Shout out to Bose, Foreflight and TFP in this episode!

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It’s truly my favorite aviation event of the year, and like many thousands of fellow pilots and flying enthusiasts,  I look forward to it yearlong.

If you’re new around here and not familiar with this event, I highly suggest you check it out here.

SCHEDULE

Here’s where I’ll be this year; please come by and say hello!  I’d really love to meet you in person.

THURSDAY JULY 27 @ NOON = CloudAhoy Exhibit

FRIDAY JULY 28 @ NOON = Bose Aviation Exhibit

SATURDAY JULY 29 @ NOON = Foreflight Exhibit

PAST EPISODES

Here are a few episodes that attempt to capture the awesomeness that is Osh!

Will you be there?

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Flying this close to jagged rocks is intimidating to say the least…
Proud to be associated with ForeFlight: http://www.foreflight.com/flightchops/

Mountain Flying Training with Jason Miller was awesome!
This is an other of many episodes that I am happy to share from the 2015 workshop!

ADDED CONTEXT:
Reminder that for this series I was a student pilot and a filmmaker – I was not acting as Pilot in Command.
Part of the story is our struggle to make a fairly epic production; it was hard, and it was part of the deal. Failing to get the live iPad feed for what I considered to be the most important part of the flight was a blow. I wanted to explain why we went from live video of the iPad for all the other episodes in this series (and the first half of this episode) to having only still screen grabs for the Buck Eye Pass adventure.

RELATED EPISODE LINKS:

Birth of a HUGE Wild Fire:
http://youtu.be/ZqtRNwXyMvA

Landing at 8,500 ft Density Altitude:
http://youtu.be/-0S8ymxmtwE

Survival after Forced Landing:
http://youtu.be/jdp3znbrGEU

Search and Rescue friendly Flight Plans + PLBs:
https://youtu.be/zEhrDzWNrcA

Hypoxia Symptoms and Avoidance
https://youtu.be/Ci9mngmZI1s

Take Off at 8,000 ft Density Altitude
https://youtu.be/-UxMdZ2uPLU

(and MORE coming, so keep an eye on the channel)

If you’ve ever considered doing a mountain check out, I HIGHLY recommend giving Jason a shout!
http://adventure.learnthefinerpoints.com

Published since 2005 The Finer Points is Aviation’s original flight training podcast. Over 25 hours of audio with expert CFI Jason Miller delivered in short bits of flying wisdom that are both charming and informative.
http://learnthefinerpoints.com/podcast

And thanks to Stu Walker https://www.youtube.com/Stuwalkerfish… for the river footage captured in the Indian Himalayas.
If you’re into adventure fishing check out Stu’s channel.

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Mountain Flying Training with Jason Miller was awesome!
This is an other of many episodes that I am happy to share from the 2015 workshop!
(Note: CFI = “Certified Flight Instructor” in the U.S. and “Chief Flight Instructor” in Canada)

RELATED EPISODE LINKS:

Birth of a HUGE Wild Fire:
http://youtu.be/ZqtRNwXyMvA

Landing at 8,500 ft Density Altitude:
http://youtu.be/-0S8ymxmtwE

Survival after Forced Landing:
http://youtu.be/jdp3znbrGEU

Search and Rescue friendly Flight Plans + PLBs:
https://youtu.be/zEhrDzWNrcA

Hypoxia Symptoms and Avoidance
https://youtu.be/Ci9mngmZI1s

(and MORE coming, so keep an eye on the channel)

If you’ve ever considered doing a mountain check out, I HIGHLY recommend giving Jason a shout!
http://adventure.learnthefinerpoints.com

Published since 2005 The Finer Points is Aviation’s original flight training podcast. Over 25 hours of audio with expert CFI Jason Miller delivered in short bits of flying wisdom that are both charming and informative.
http://learnthefinerpoints.com/podcast

Also a big thanks to Truckee Tahoe Airport for putting up with our film making antics
https://truckeetahoeairport.com/

Jason Miller is a Certified Flight Instrument Instructor with more than 18 years of aviation experience and thousands of hours of instruction given.
Jason is an instructor for the FAA, AOPA’s Air Safety Institute and was nominated by the FAA for the 2009 Flight Instructor of the Year Award.
“I am passionate about developing systems that help pilots become safer and more efficient.” Says Miller.
Using his background as a performer and experience on the flight line, Jason created The Finer Points – Aviation Podcast, one of the most recognized and well respected aviation podcasts in the world. The critically acclaimed podcast has delivered more than 3m flight training files to pilots all over the world.

Howard Donner is a part of the Finer Points team; he started his career as a professional guide before getting into medicine.
He’s had a long career as a Wilderness Medicine Instructor and author, and of course is an accomplished CFI.

The post Take Off at 8,000 ft Density Altitude – C182 Skylane – Mountain Flying – NorCal – ATC audio appeared first on Flight Chops.

The insidious threat that is Hypoxia, affects everyone in a unique way…
Proud to be associated with ForeFlight: http://www.foreflight.com/flightchops/

Mountain Flying Training with Jason Miller was awesome!
This is an other of many episodes that I am happy to share from the 2015 workshop!

RELATED EPISODE LINKS:

Birth of a HUGE Wild Fire:
http://youtu.be/ZqtRNwXyMvA

Landing at 8,500 ft Density Altitude:
http://youtu.be/-0S8ymxmtwE

Survival after Forced Landing:
http://youtu.be/jdp3znbrGEU

Search and Rescue friendly Flight Plans + PLBs:
https://youtu.be/zEhrDzWNrcA

(and MORE coming, so keep an eye on the channel)

If you’ve ever considered doing a mountain check out, I HIGHLY recommend giving Jason a shout!
http://adventure.learnthefinerpoints.com

Published since 2005 The Finer Points is Aviation’s original flight training podcast. Over 25 hours of audio with expert CFI Jason Miller delivered in short bits of flying wisdom that are both charming and informative.
http://learnthefinerpoints.com/podcast

*****
Additional DETAILS from Dr. Howard Donner:

The pulse oximeter shines two beams of light through the finger. One beam is red light and the other is infrared light. The ratio of red to infrared light is used to determine the oxygen saturation.

Regarding being in good cardiovascular shape as related to avoiding altitude issues. The answer is … being in top physical shape (or having a high level of cardiovascular fitness) helps with performance in all arenas but has no specific advantage for helping pilots adapt to altitude.

Incase the explanation of blood saturation was not clear enough: The bottom line is Oxygen saturation reflects the percentage of the total hemoglobin that is carrying oxygen.

*****

Big thanks to Nonin for being nimble and quickly setting up a deal to get the GO2 Achieve (including a lanyard and case) into the monthly prize – it occurred to me to reach out as I was finalizing this edit, and we got a deal together with less than 24 hours before publishing
http://www.nonin.com/Finger-Pulse-Oxi…

And thanks to PIVOT case!
Get yours at sporty’s pilot shop!

Also a big thanks to Truckee Tahoe Airport for putting up with our film making antics
https://truckeetahoeairport.com/

Jason Miller is a Certified Flight Instrument Instructor with more than 18 years of aviation experience and thousands of hours of instruction given.
Jason is an instructor for the FAA, AOPA’s Air Safety Institute and was nominated by the FAA for the 2009 Flight Instructor of the Year Award.
…I am passionate about developing systems that help pilots become safer and more efficient.” Says Miller.
Using his background as a performer and experience on the flight line, Jason created The Finer Points — Aviation Podcast, one of the most recognized and well respected aviation podcasts in the world. The critically acclaimed podcast has delivered more than 3m flight training files to pilots all over the world.

Howard Donner is a part of the Finer Points team; he started his career as a professional guide before getting into medicine.
He’s had a long career as a Wilderness Medicine Instructor and author, and of course is an accomplished CFI.

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