Hi All,

Thanks again for your support of this ever-growng aviation blog. By the 3rd of this month we had surpassed the total number of visitors to the blog in December and today we're set to eclipse January's numbers. A phenomenal effort by you all.

As a consequence, I have had a very diverse range of requests for future content; from military aviation to commercial airliners and general aviation commentary. However, a common underlying theme is to discuss certain aspects of learning to fly.

Whilst I have held a flight instructor rating for nearly 25 years, I do not hold myself up as any supreme authority; nor should any individual. We are always learning as long as we fly. However, as there have been so many requests that I will post some blogs on learning to fly with the disclaimer that nothing supercedes any manuals, regulations or the final word of your individual flight instructor or examiner.

These blogs will be a guide to the burgeoning pilot that hopefully provoke some thought as they venture down the aviation road. They will look at such things as the use of GPS, flying an approach and so on, but are neither definitive nor specific to any particular aircraft type. They are there to be read, considered and applied at your sole discretion.

I trust that these 'Practical Pilot' posts, like the others thus far, will continue to encourage our shared interest in aviation.

Cheers,

Owen