2 Helpful Tips To Prepare For Flight School

20 July 2016
 Categories: Education & Development, Blog

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If you are thinking about attending flight school, you might be looking forward to taking your classes and learning how to fly an airplane. If you are waiting to get accepted into a flight school or if you have to wait a few weeks or months before classes start, you might be wondering if there is anything that you can do right now to better prepare yourself. Luckily, following these two tips can help you better prepare for flight school so that you will be ready to get started once your classes begin.

1. Learn Everything You Can from the Federal Aviation Administration

Even though you should be taught everything that you need to know about both flying a plane and sticking to the federal regulations once you start school, it's never a bad idea to get a head start. One way to do so is to start reading over the Federal Aviation Administration's website. This website has a ton of information if you dig in deep, such as information about the regulations that you will be required to abide by, the changes that have been made in the past few weeks, months and years, and more. Some of this information can be a bit difficult to digest, such as the regulations, so it can be a good idea to go ahead and print these things out, start reading them over and taking notes. Then, when you start taking your classes, you might not feel quite as overwhelmed, and you'll have a great head start.

2. Have Your Physical Done

You will be required to complete a physical to make sure you are healthy enough to fly an airplane. You may be able to get a jump start by having a physical now. Then, you can determine if you are healthy enough to fly, and you can take steps to ensure that you are allowed to do so. For example, if your vision is not perfect, you will need to have it corrected to 20/20. If you don't have glasses but need them, now is the time to get them so that you can ensure that there are no hold-ups when you are finally ready to fly.

As you can see, there are steps that you can take now that will help you prepare for aviation school. Along with looking for schools and determining how you will pay for it, it's a good idea to look into these two things to ensure that you are fully prepared for your classes -- and your future career as a pilot.