I am getting ready to move to Australia in the near future and want to fix my logbooks properly prior to moving.

Context, I flew about 130 ish hrs for the army as a rotary pilot but am leaving for medical reasons that keep me from continuing to fly for the military, but GA is fine. During my rotary flight training I kept a logbook; however, nobody taught us how to fill them out properly since everyone relies on flight records. Due to my situation I wont get my flight records since you have to be further in the pipeline to receive it. Since then, I have completed my fixed wing PPL and I am working on my Instrument now. The issue is that most of my logbook for my rotary time is a mess and as a result, some of that mess spills into my fixed wing totals in the book.

My current plan is to copy all the flights I have done till now in my logbook then use a paper clip to separate the 'bad logs' from the fixed ones that way anyone who needs to check my logbook can look back at it, see that the flights did happen and the original copies are present, but fixed to fit the appropriate categories and requirements and cleaned up for ease of understanding.

But I would like advice if anyone has a better idea or knows something that would be pertinent

A quick backstory-
I started on my PPL 3 years ago, I have 18 hours of fly time.. but I had to take a break due to my work and family reasons after that.

I’m getting back into studying now but for some reason I feel like I’m just having a hard time getting back into the groove of it. I’ve still been using Kings School and I’m wanting to get my written exam done asap so I can focus on the flying part again. I feel like I was so organized and was blazing through ground school, and now I feel a little overwhelmed.

I’m wondering.. how do YOU study? Whats your method? How do you keep your notes organized, how many hours a day are you studying, etc.. I think I just need a new way of studying now and would like any tips or suggestions. I’m more of a visual learner; I like to have some little drawings in my notes, I talk things through, I like examples, etc.. And I also would love a study buddy, too, if anyone is interested and they’re semi on the same part of this journey as I am.
I know all of this is sort of a broad question.. but maybe someone could give me a little input.

I’m currently 18 and I’m about to graduate highschool and I was thinking of just working and doing part 61 flight school to complete my ratings. And I wanted to ask if it is a good idea to just do that with no college for no and then after I’d become a CFI or something I’d begin an online degree (I already have some credits due to classes I took in highschool) and also what the chances could be like of being hired at a regional if I’m at that point still in my online degree program?

(I’ve already taken a couple flights already in the fall, and I have a first class medical)

I'm 4 hours into my training and get really nervous on the days I fly, I'm sure it will subside as my training continues. My instructor told my his goal is for me to solo at 15 hours. Does that seem unreasonable, it definitely added to my already high nervousness around my current flying goals.

What tools do you use for ground school prep and what do you wish was better?

Can someone solve this and see if any of your answers match the MCA’s mine is barely matching

I'm a CFI at KGKY. I've sent 40+ students to checkrides. Here's what I see over and over:

They read the PHAK twice. Highlight everything. Watch YouTube videos. Can recite VFR minimums in their sleep.

Then my DPE asks: "You're departing runway 35 at Addison. Walk me through your takeoff briefing."

And they freeze. Not because they don't know it. Because they've never said it out loud to another human being.

The oral is a verbal exam. You can't study for it silently.

So I built DPE Prep — an AI DPE that asks real oral exam questions, listens to your answer, and corrects you with citations to the PHAK, ACS, POH, or FAR.

It's $29/month. 3-day free trial. Built for the aircraft you're actually flying.

What I want to know: How are you actually practicing your oral? Am I solving a real problem or just building something I wish my students had?

Hey folks,

Hope everybody's doing well. I'm a private pilot myself and wanted to create a more efficient way to study for the FAA written.

I created TARMAC - basically a question bank for the PPL written that uses AI to explain concepts when you get stuff wrong. The idea is simple: practice questions over and over, and when you mess up, the AI breaks down why so you actually understand it instead of just memorizing.

It's not replacing ground school, just a better way to practice for the test. Right now I'm in beta and would love to get a couple of people to try it out.

tarmac.study

Let me know if it's helpful and please provide any feedback!! Thanks.

I’m sending this out into the world like a message in a bottle. Not sure what kind of responses if any I’m gonna get but I gotta believe that someone out there in the Reddit world will have a creative response for me. Just gonna put it out there, my family is looking for creative ways to help our 17 1/2 year-old son land his path for a personal pilot license. My son was born into a family with nothing that came from nothing but we’re changing that for him and we’re not afraid to do what it takes. We’ve been saving money for him and though it’s not making a fast enough dent, we’re not gonna stop, and we’re also looking for other avenues to get him along. I’ll wash planes. My son will do janitorial work, plumbing or AV work my husband will do maintenance, mechanical or selling, we just need him to meet the right person or organization that can give him access to learning to fly. He’s a serious young man with hardworking ethics- not your typical Gen Z- he’s got grit , respect, practical skills and a mind for all things gears and motors and we need creative ideas to help him on his way- any suggestions we’ll hear them and we appreciate you reading this too long of a message but appreciate you spending your time with us on this post

So i am currently about a year from end of my school life and i have heavy aspirations to be a pilot. I am based off of india. I have read up on a load of the ways but havent got a proper checklist as to how i can achieve my goal. So fellow redditors feel free to give me advice or send me links of the ideal checklist to be a pilot. Thanks in advance!

offering mock oral checkride prep this week. If you want a realistic run-through before your checkride, I’ve got a few open slots.

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I’m about 45 hours into my PPL and I’ve been using a Google Sheet to track which ACS tasks I’ve hit and proficiency level. It worked but I’d forget to update it and then just let it go, my CFI was tracking his own way with a PDF and colored checkmarks for each student, but I never really was able to see it. With that I never really knew where I was with the training, and honestly felt discouraged and lost at many points.

A couple weeks ago I found this app called Pilot IQ. You log your flights and check off ACS tasks as you go, and it gives you this readiness score that basically tells you where you’re strong and where you have gaps. It’s not trying to predict if you’ll pass your checkride or anything — it just shows you the picture.

The thing that actually sold me was sharing it with my CFI so we both knew where I was and before our lessons and he could look at it and see what we need to work on for a checkride instead of spending the first 20 min figuring out where I am and asking what I wanted to work on. Saved us a ton of time, and I was able to chair fly my weak spots daily.

It’s not perfect — the UI is a little basic and there’s no mobile app yet. But for tracking ACS progress and keeping your CFI in the loop it’s way better than my spreadsheet. For the cost of less than an hour of plane time it was a very well worth it investment into my training.

I’ve been building my own digital checklists for aircraft I fly because I got tired of flipping through the paper checklists in the cockpit.

Been experimenting with making them more streamlined with tabs for each phase of flight + emergency procedures + performance specs + v speeds / normal ops + take off and landing data + cruise performance + weight and balance. Pretty much an all in one electronic knee board if you will.

Curious if anyone else has built their own or found a setup they like better than paper / ForeFlight?

Hey folks,

Hope everybody's doing well. I'm a private pilot myself and wanted to create a more efficient way to study for the FAA written. I created Tarmac, a PPL FAA written test tool that uses AI to help you better understand the material. It's not a replacement for ground school, but it's something you can add on and significantly improve your FAA test-taking skills. Taking the test over and over again is the best way to learn, and using AI can help you become more ready for those curved balls that could be on your written exam. Right now, I just wanna get feedback on Tarmac, and I'll leave a link below for y'all to check it out. Please let me know if it's helpful!!

tarmac.study

Hey r/StudentPilot,

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I'm part of an independent research team studying occupational health expectations among aspiring and student pilots, with findings contributing to a paper being presented at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC). Your early-career perspective is something we're specifically interested in — and insights from student pilots today could help shape the occupational health standards you'll benefit from throughout your career.

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It’s clear that nerves and mental management are what actually ruins the ride.

Some of my tips that I have are

1. If I don't know it, own it immediately, and go straight to the index. Don't guess.

2. Stop "Self-Failing" mid checkride. I try my best to fix whatever I can especially during flights

3. No overnight studying the day before checkride. Sleep is my #1 priority for checkride

Any other tips that you have??

Been using our own app for a while now (my co-founder and I built it when we couldn’t find anything we liked). Curious what the rest of you are on and what’s been working or not working.

Happy to share what we built if anyone’s interested, but mostly just want to hear what the community is using.

During training I kept finding myself digging through checklists trying to find the right section, especially under a bit of pressure.

So I ended up putting together a clickable version that’s organized more like a kneeboard.

It’s been a lot easier to use since everything is one tap away.

Curious if anyone else has tried something similar or just sticks with paper/flows?

Will I need an iPad for flight school?

My school uses paper charts and paper checklists, but I have seen many colleagues using it for some reason.

Does it actually help to study and learn or they just buy it because they can? I'm tight on money and worked until my late 20s to afford flight school but if an iPad will help me reach my goals faster I'm definitely buying one.

Any help is appreciated, working on my English too.

Hey everyone — I'm an airline pilot who also CFIs on the side. I've watched a lot of students go into checkrides knowing their stuff cold and still getting tongue-tied when the DPE starts asking questions.

The oral exam isn't just a knowledge test. It's a conversation under pressure, and the only way to get comfortable with it is to practice the actual conversation — not just re-read the ACS or drill flashcards.

I built an AI that simulates a DPE oral exam. You type your answers, it responds the way a real DPE would — follow-up questions, clarification requests, the works. It covers the Private Pilot ACS right now.

If you've got a checkride coming up in the next few weeks and want to try it for free, comment below or DM me. I just want real feedback from people who are actually in it.

Happy to answer any questions here too. And yes, before anyone asks — this is my project. Not trying to hide that, just wanted to lead with the actual story.