Learning

[PowellUA]

This is kind of random...
But I was thinking today about ways I could study flying and came up with the concept of doing a flight on paper. It could be either local or cross country. List a starting and destination point and then go through all the steps you can think of through each part of the flight. It could be a process to where you did certain parts on seperate days.

Lets say you wrote down steps of the preflight and taxi on one day, departure on another, and then eventually you will make it to landing and shutting down the aircraft. This will show yourself in the areas your weak or rusty and allow you to look up and focus more on those areas.

For example, Im listing the possible parts of getting ready for a clearance and forget what possibly might come up, or im mid route to my destination and lose comms, what do I do? These type of scenarios will help me refresh myself when I dont have the chance to fly instead of waiting until Im in the air to find out im rusty in an area.

Just thought this might help someone else thats in my position and trying to find ways to continue learning about the wonderful world of flying.

Jeff

[TonyC]

Every person is different, and different things work better for some than others. But in general, it has been shown that the more of your senses that are involved, the better the retention of the material. In other words, if reading helps you learn something, great. Reading along with someone else speaking the same material should be better, because you're now involving the sense of hearing. Not only do you have a mental image of the picture of the words your eyes see, but you also have an audio image of what your ears heard. Speak the same words out loud, and you're now involving your own speech, which further reinforces the learning experience.

Your idea to write things out plays on the sense of touch. Your hands now participate in the process.


I think we'd be on to something wonderful if we could figure a way to get smell involved.


Read it, speak it, write it, listen to it, touch it, act it out (chair fly) ... they all help.


When you write things out like you've described, you have the ability to review the "list," make corrections, detect errors, have another pilot or intructor critique it, and then save it for review at a later time. Sounds like a great idea.




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[S.T.Aviator]

Microsoft Flight Simulator would be great for practicing. You could write
it out first and then initiate it in Flight Sim.

[Windchill]

Study material ... then teach it. Teach it to a friend, your instructor, or your bedroom wall. Teaching material is the best way to retain it (IMO).

[PowellUA]

Teaching to the wall, now that could get interesting. One thing I have noticed when i start getting into technical talk about aviating is that usual blank look that hits thier face and they just nod and smile like they actually are interested(A few times im lucky and a aspiring pilot is really interested).
I have MSFS, and have flown it some with the intentions of aiding flight training but most of the time I just cant get the same feeling and quality of learning from it. I want to go have fun with the ai or flight aircraft I am not certified for.
When I get the time this weekend, im going to try out my idea on a cross country I would like to fly down to my parents home on the beach. Maybe soon i'll actually get to look back on what I write and use it for planning an actual trip.

TonyC, my idea was not the main source of studying and planning, but just another that would help myself stay interested and enjoy teaching myself more and more about flying. Your other forms of studying have always been good ways also.

Jeff