Ship free tool to auto generate FAA private pilot practice test questions via the Sporty's API: github.com/bakatz/sportys-tes… #flightlessons

Write post about how to save money when doing flight training: ben-makes-stuff.beehiiv.com/p… #flightlessons

Try to fly in the weather in X-Plane 12 in full-screen mode just to see what it would be like, and good lord it's disorienting Thought I was descending when I was climbing and vice versa, very hard to stay on a heading No wonder private pilots w/o instrument ratings aren't allowed to fly in the weather #flightlessons

Get personal email from the CEO of Gold Seal offering to give me his Instrument Rating course for free in exchange for a phone call + additional feedback on his PPL course (I just finished it and sent some text feedback, then he reached out personally after reading it) - took him up on it. Always nice to hear directly from the CEO. #flightlessons

🎉 Pass FAA private pilot knowledge test with a 90% score at an in-person testing center! Security was pretty serious, they had a metal detector and made sure you weren't bringing a single thing in with you that could allow you to cheat One guy I think got caught cheating or otherwise got yelled at by the proctor for some other reason in the middle of the test, not sure what happened to him 😂 Thread on X with SeCrEt TiPs in case you want to get a good score on this exam too: x.com/ben_makes_stuff/status/… #flightlessons

Write Sporty's FAA practice test scraper to scrape my practice test history and generate a new combined practice test PDF with all of the questions I got wrong at any point during taking practice tests to help with studying #flightlessons

See consistent >= 90% scores on the FAA knowledge test practice tests, going to keep studying missed questions anyway to try for a 100% in person next week because I've always been an overachiever #flightlessons

Practice using a plotter to figure distance and true course from A to B + adjusting for magnetic variation to get magnetic course #flightlessons

Schedule FAA private pilot knowledge test and plan to take a practice test every day leading up to it + review any areas with questions that I missed or had to guess to get #flightlessons

Pass private pilot ground school final exam and get certificate that allows me to take the real FAA knowledge test in person Still noticed some deficiencies in my knowledge though (mostly random cloud and airspace clearances that are hard to memorize), so will continue taking practice tests for the next week, then schedule my exam for April 1 #flightlessons

Get 92% on practice exam for the entire course, feeling pretty good about taking the in person FAA exam now but will continue practice tests for a week to see what I'm deficient on, then schedule #flightlessons

Pass final stage check before the final exam with a 97%. Now to take practice tests before the final exam + in person FAA exam! #flightlessons

Fly KFRG -> KMTP using 2 VOR ground stations as waypoints in XPlane 12 to practice what I just learned in ground school about VOR navigation ...and nearly hit a car after landing way too far down the runway 😅 #flightlessons

Final stretch of ground school, just a few lessons remaining and then time to take practice tests before signing up for my FAA exam Next lesson is on VOR navigation which seems pretty cool 📡 #flightlessons

Get 100% on Untowered Operations quiz in ground school #flightlessons

Pass quiz for class B, C, D airspaces in ground school with a 97% but miss one because I forgot what color airports were specifically colored, not the airspaces around the airport 🤦‍♂️ #flightlessons

Move onto section 2 of ground school and pass the first quiz with a 96%, missed one question where I couldn't remember if the federal airway was in MSL or AGL #flightlessons

Pass first stage check with a 93% after failing the first time #flightlessons

Pass magnetic compass ground school quiz with a 100% #flightlessons

Pass airplane instruments ground school quiz with a 100% #flightlessons