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MORE ABOUT 2-FLY1'S FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR
Flying + Learning = Safety and Fun for you!
HIS INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACH
In a few words
Training and education are all about learning things in the best possible way. That "way" must be found through a cooperative effort between the student, the instructor and the curriculum designer. This is what "Kernl" Seward tries to facilitate. His approach is three-fold. First, he seeks to teach cockpit tasks and aircraft maneuvers in a safe, non-confrontational manner where student understanding and retention is fully supported. In this regard, his goal is to enhance understanding of the core concepts through experiential learning and seeing while avoiding barriers to learning. The second thing he does is to follow the tried and true Air Force axiom of "Tell me what you'll tell me, tell me, tell me what you told me." In practice, this becomes "brief, fly, debrief" in the world of flying. This consistent approach is greatly aided through use of a comprehensive syllabus that progressively builds good flying habits. Finally, he does his best to facilitate study and retention through oral and written knowledge exercises. Through all these efforts, he seeks to maximize value for time and money spent, while making the experience both enjoyable and rewarding!
IN THE COCKPIT
Learn by doing, without the screaming!
Your humble instructor remembers the days of his T-37 training when his lieutenant flight instructor would grab his oxygen mask, pull his head sideways, and literally scream into the interphone some unintelligible corrective action for a maneuver just completed in error. From that experience he remembers one thing...NEVER use that training approach because it does not facilitate learning. Fear Yes...Learning NO.
A better approach was later demonstrated by one of his early B-52 pilots. John spent countless hours letting Jay learn by doing. Mistakes would be made, calm discussion would occur, another try would happen, and over time the mistakes would go away once the right message was communicated and enough practice time was accumulated. Sometimes the counseling was in the air and sometimes it was in the calm environment of the debrief session.
It is this latter approach to training that is now the hallmark of 2-Fly1 flight instruction.
BRIEFING AND DEBRIEFING
A Collegial Critique with Real time Feedback
Your humble instructor remembers the days of his T-37 training when his lieutenant flight instructor would grab his oxygen mask, pull his head sideways, and literally scream into the interphone some unintelligible corrective action for a maneuver just completed in error. From that experience he remembers one thing...NEVER use that training approach because it does not facilitate learning. Fear Yes...Learning NO.
A better approach was later demonstrated by one of his early B-52 pilots. John spent countless hours letting Jay learn by doing. Mistakes would be made, calm discussion would occur, another try would happen, and over time the mistakes would go away once the right message was communicated and enough practice time was accumulated. Sometimes the counseling was in the air and sometimes it was in the calm environment of the debrief session.
It is this latter approach to training that is now the hallmark of 2-Fly1 flight instruction.
ON YOUR OWN TIME
Study hard, Study Smart!
There is a reason that pilots have to pass knowledge tests in order to obtain a license. That is because knowledge is the power to keep oneself and others safe in the flying environment. Aviation knowledge covers a broad set of subjects: aerodynamics, systems, weather, air traffic control, human physiology, radio communications and flying regulations are but a few of the areas of required learning.
As a rough estimate, one hour of flying time should be backed up by about three hours of total study time. These hours include the introduction to the pertinent material, review and restudy of information as it is needed, and focused preparation for the FAA Knowledge Test pertaining to the rating sought. You should not be flying if you can't devote the time in the books!
This process is necessary, but it does not need to be painful! There are plenty of available tools to help with the work. Online you will find study guides, electronic tests, audio tools, videos, and more. In addition, there are plenty of critiques of the various commercial products available. Of course, you can reduce your overall cost by simply studying the material provided by the FAA in their various manuals and publications. Remember, however, that you will require an endorsement from a flight instructor before you are allowed to take the applicable knowledge test. Online schools provide this service, or you can work through the required study following the syllabus used by 2-Fly1 Flight Instruction.
In a recent development, 2-Fly1 has constructed a Microsoft Powerpoint slide-based Private Pilot Ground School. This course costs $350 if a class of more than 3 students takes the course together or $500 for an individual student. The class is about 50 hours long and can be broken into segments of various lengths depending on the student’s schedule demands. In these COVID-19 times, the class has been given via Zoom. If you would like more information, ask! You can follow this link to see a sample of the course presentation.
If you need questions or guidance, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
JAY SEWARD, COL., USAF, RETIRED
3135933 CFI
The gift of valuable flying and teaching experience!
A brief bio. Your sole instructor at 2-Fly1 Flight Instruction has flown for over 40 years. While in an Air Force ROTC program in college in western Pennsylvania, he obtained his private pilot's license in late 1974. Upon graduation and commissioning as a second lieutenant he went to Reese AFB, Lubbock, TX for undergraduate pilot training in the T-37 "Tweet" and T-38 "Talon" aircraft, with follow-on combat aircrew training in the Boeing B-52G "Stratofortress." While flying as a B-52 copilot in upstate New York, he also logged several hundred more hours of time in the T-37 aircraft assigned to the Accelerated Copilot Enrichment (ACE) program. In 1982, he transitioned to the FB-111A swing-wing supersonic bomber after a short tour at the Pentagon. At Plattsburgh AFB, he had his first experiences as a military instructor pilot. This FB-111A experience came on the heels of the attainment of the civilian CFI rating at Andrews AFB while in Washington, DC. When the Cold War ended and the Strategic Air Command was disbanded, he joined the Air Education and Training Command as 14th Flight Training Wing Chief of Safety and then the 14th Operational Support Squadron Commander at Columbus AFB, MS where he also served as a T-38 instructor pilot. In this command job he was responsible for syllabus development, ground school classroom training, student training management, and weather and air traffic services to the training wing--all specialties critically important to pilots. As his last active duty assignment, he moved to Columbia, SC to command the Air Force ROTC detachment at the University of South Carolina. Having gained a reputation as a skilled teacher at the university level, he was immediately hired to teach in a high school Junior ROTC in Columbia upon retirement. During these nine teaching years in the high school environment, he obtained his CFI-I certification while also adding a glider rating and a single-engine seaplane rating to his flying portfolio. All these experiences have created a seasoned instructor, well versed in many aspects of military and civilian flying. To fulfill his joy in flying, he now co-owns an IFR certified General American ("Grumman") AA5A Cheetah aircraft based at the Newberry County Airport (KEOE) in addition to flying the Piper PA-38 “Tomahawk” he purchased for primary and advanced single engine land instruction from the Saluda County Airport.
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