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I'm training to be a pilot! I have joined Scouts and volunteered at the Scout Air Activities Center in Camden, New South Wales, Australia.

In these videos, I chronicle my journey and share the ups and downs (literally) with you.

Let's Fly!

My detailed flight log pages are complete with photos, videos, and text on my website.

Go to https://techexplorations.com/flight-log/

I always wanted to fly. As a toddler, one of my earliest memories is of my mother spooning food into my mouth on the balcony while I was watching planes land at a nearby airport. The balcony was well positioned to have the flight path right before it. Feeding me was a slow process.

Later on, I remember using my toy binoculars to obverse traffic in their final approach to land and keeping notes about which airline was landing, when, and what type of aircraft it was.

I was obsessed with planes and wanted to be an airline and a fighter pilot. My obsession with technology and engineering was the only thing that competed with this obsession.

As I grew older, I became more engaged with computers and electronics, and my obsession with planes took second place but never disappeared. I decided that I would not become a pilot but an engineer.

That's life.

Or is it?

Many years later, my children joined the Scouts. My wife re-joined the Scouts as a leader, and they (slowly and skillfully) coerced me to become a Scout Fellow. I wasn't too interested because of my workload. I am also not particularly keen on sleeping under the canvas.

The "carrot"?

They pointed out that Scouts Australia have an air activities center in Camden. This airport is within driving distance from home. At this centre, members of the Scout Association can experience the joy and thrill of flying and even get training.

The idea of doing flight training simmered in my head for about a year until I decided I could not resist the calling any more. So, I joined the next available flight training camp in January 2023 and completed my first 5 hours of training (more about this at https://techexplorations.com/flight-l....

I was hooked.

I have started this channel on YouTube to share my flight training videos with you.

For every hour of flight, I publish a full-length recording of everything that happens inside the cockpit, even the most embarrassing moments, such as when I experience a brain freeze while talking to the Air Traffic Controller or when my instructor tells me to do something and I do the exact opposite.

If you don’t have enough time to watch the entire hour of my full-length videos, you can opt for the shorter narrated version, where I take the most educational and interesting parts of the full-length video and compile it down to 15 to 20 minutes.

So I invite you to join me in my flying adventures and learn about general aviation through my training ups and downs. Click on the subscribe button and hit that bell icon to ensure you never miss a new log video.

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And, of course, you can also head over to my detailed flight training log pages on the Tech Explorations website. In these pages, I document in detail all of my experiences and learnings from each one of my training flights. These logs contain a goldmine of information for any aviation student or anyone interested in aviation.

Until next time, I wish you clear skies and safe landings!