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Checkride or Bust

All about flying, training, pilot gear, and $100 hamburgers

Gear

Here, you’ll find reviews for some of the flight gear and airplanes I’ve written about on this site. Cause what pilot doesn’t love reading about flying gear?

Flight Training

  • Sporty’s G1000 Checkout Course
  • Sporty’s Instrument Rating Course
  • King Schools Commercial Pilot Course

Headsets/Communications

  • Lightspeed Zulu.2 Headset
  • Telex Echelon 20 Headset
  • QT Halo Headset
  • Vertex Standard VXA-220 Transceiver

Cockpit Gear

  • Garmin D2 Pilot watch
  • Flyboys Kneeboard
  • BrightLine Flight Bag
  • MyGoFlight PLC Pro Flight Bag
  • Sporty’s Flight Gear Bag
  • ForeFlight & Stratus 2S
  • PIVOT Case for iPad

Buying and Upgrading an Airplane

  • Part 1: Picking the Right Plane
  • Part 2: Finding the Plane, Getting Inspections, Forming an LLC
  • Part 3: Our New Glass Panel Update
  • Part 4: New Paint and Interior

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Recent Posts

  • Test Prep: How to Add 20% to Your FAA Written Test Score in One Day
  • New NOTAM for Filing Pattern Work Flight Plans in the SFRA
  • Our Cessna 182’s New Glass Panel Upgrade
  • Buying an Airplane – Part 2
  • Buying an Airplane – Part 1

Affiliations

Society of Aviation and Flight Educators
1World Aero, based at KFME, is one of Maryland's premier flight schools.

Links

A collection of flying links...


The Finer Points of Flying Dispatch
FlightChops
Tipton Airport
IMC Clubs
FAA SFRA Course

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Disclaimer: While I am a flight instructor, I am not your flight instructor (probably) -- the content on this blog doesn't constitute flight or ground instruction. Instead, it's made up of my thoughts, opinions, and wild guesses. Always be sure to check with your CFI before applying anything you see here in an airplane. Fly safe!