Alesia Kao

Alesia Kao

“Aim for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” ⭐️

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  • @alisonjones7747
    @alisonjones77475 сағат бұрын

    Aleisa I am going to make another comment about instructors. I noticed this when I learnt to be an instructor. It is difficult to translate what you are doing yourself to fly the airplane into the words to explain to the student how to do it. But that is what GOOD instruction is all about. A good instructor learns how to tell you what to do, VERY precisely. An instructor who is confident in his explanations is not grabbing at the damned airplane all the time. Bear in mind that a lot of instructors do not want to be there they are building time for other concerns. Though some of the time builders are very good and very thorough. Any time builder instructor reading this, use instructing as a chance to analyze and perfect your own flying. Learn to verbalize. You will need that skill in a big cockpit anyway. Please get another flying school, even it means changing type.

  • @alisonjones7747
    @alisonjones77475 сағат бұрын

    Alesia, I am a retired professional pilot in my sixties. I was an instructor for several years in my twenties. I came across your channel by accident yesterday and . I am concerned by what I am seeing in your videos. If there was a way to contact you by email I would do so. Since I cannot see that I am going to comment. 1) Your instructor should NOT be hanging all over the controls. The bald gentleman your regular instructor, is a VERY nervous instructor indeed. He is ALWAYS on the yoke. Look at his body language in the flying over New York video. His leg is twitching. I do not see your flying as being bad enough to warrant this. In fact it seems to me you are above average. This sort of behavior on the part of an instructor destroys a student's confidence. A good instructor demonstrates a given task once or twice. After that he talks you through performing it. He does not hover over the controls. It should always be clear who is in control - you or the instructor. Not both at once. If there is urgent cause an instructor will say 'I have control' and take control. 2) Hand on the throttle on takeoff and on go arounds. I was yelling at the screen watching that. I see someone told you in a comment how he was in a Cessna and the throttle crept back. In your latest videos I see you doing it properly. This is the instructor. He should NOT have allowed this sloppy, and dangerous, trait to develop. 3) Use the trim. Again it seems you are better in later videos. You ahould not need two hands to hold onto a light aricraft. Hold the yolk as if you are holding a baby bird. If it is n trim that is all the pressure you need. If it gets rough bring the dropped wing up with a touch of opposite rudder. No need to death griip the yolk. This leads to over controlling. 4) You had a passenger in the back for a training flight? Absolutely not! Totally unprofessional! A training flight is a training flight. Not a sight seeing trip for your friends. Instructor needs to make this clear. 5) You are dragging this Cherokee in under power on a lot of these approaches. You are too low, or at least it sure looks like it on the video. Your instructor is not teaching you how to set up properly. If the damn thing loses its engine you will hit those trees. Cherokkes do not make good gliders. Someone left you an extensive comment on this. It seems to me that you are having to learn to fly from comments on this channel. I have been looking through all the flying schools in NY state trying to figure out where this place is. I have not succeeded. But what I have seen is a great number of highly professional looking flying schools. You need to change schools. There is no need to be putting up with this sub par instruction. The older man in the IFR video was better, but still hanging on your yolk. I sure wish I could talk to you by email or in person. Alison in Canada

  • @chriskhaleq8036
    @chriskhaleq80363 күн бұрын

    Excellent job , the only notice is during miss approach (going around ), add power first then pull up slowly .

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKao2 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the advice! Noted!

  • @AndrewPeterson-nh4oj
    @AndrewPeterson-nh4oj7 күн бұрын

    You don’t have the best instructor there. Using ailerons in a stall is dumb.

  • @richardtruesdell8289
    @richardtruesdell82898 күн бұрын

    The instructor had his hands on the yoke constantly.

  • @ultralightperris
    @ultralightperris8 күн бұрын

    Hi

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKao8 күн бұрын

    Hello!

  • @ultralightperris
    @ultralightperris8 күн бұрын

    @@AlesiaKao are you flying for fun or going to airline as career? how far are you from Perris, California?

  • @user-ef8xv2iz5c
    @user-ef8xv2iz5c13 күн бұрын

    Chics have no business flying. They should make babies.

  • @giovannimonchietto1863
    @giovannimonchietto1863Ай бұрын

    Be less shy on the rudder, use it! On the PA28 you dont need much compared to the PA15 I normally fly, but you still need to use it. I noticed you had some sideslip on landin, expecially if you plan to fly a taildragger you need to get the plane parallel to the centerline and you need rudder for that. Getting some glider lessons helps. Blue skyes!!

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKao28 күн бұрын

    Thank you for the tips! Will work on it more on my flight tomorrow ☺️ Blue skies! 🌌

  • @LawAbidingCitizen_
    @LawAbidingCitizen_Ай бұрын

    9:43 small tip, hopefully it helps get you to solo sooner than it took me. On final approach take about 3 fingers on the dash and put your highest finger on the runway threshold, keep that aim point there and adjust using your throttle not with your elevators. All the way down the dashboard should look like it’s aiming at the grass, and a few inches up is the runway threshold. Before you pass the threshold, crack power to idle and don’t flare. If you flare you’ll balloon almost guaranteed. Instead transition by giving some back pressure and judge your height by shifting your eyes down to the end of the runway. As you start to slowly descend towards the runway, you should be telling yourself a little back pressure, little more, little more, and then dashboard lined up with the end of the runway. As you bleed speed the nose is gonna want to drop so you’ll have to keep giving back pressure and line up the dashboard with the end of the runway. I fly the same plane type for training and I don’t know why but unlike Cessnas, you really don’t need to hear the stall warning horn. So some KZread videos didn’t help me at all.

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKaoАй бұрын

    Thanks for the advice! Yeah the final few feet during the landing is always the hardest for me to gauge lol. I have a hard time knowing when to start pulling back on the elevators

  • @jackadam9348
    @jackadam9348Ай бұрын

    i am a student pilot working on the landing too. I am just curious whether your instructor is telling you to use more "right rudder". I am not sure if you are crabbing into the wind on purpose or maybe just not enough right rudder to keep your nose straight.

  • @Aviatorpeck1957
    @Aviatorpeck1957Ай бұрын

    Good job!!! Pitch for airspeed on your climb out and much more!!! I too am a student and own a Cherokee 140 Stay the course!!!

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKaoАй бұрын

    Thanks so much for the support!!!!

  • @ItsJustPreVR
    @ItsJustPreVRАй бұрын

    Nice to see another low wing gang, blue skies!

  • @brianb.2398
    @brianb.2398Ай бұрын

    Look into the Flight Gear GA Audio Input cable. I got mine from Sportys for about $50. It basically splits the audio going to your headset to another output for your phone or camera or whatever.

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKaoАй бұрын

    I’ll check them out! Thanks! I’ve been wanting to try recording the audio :)

  • @JS-od7wi
    @JS-od7wiАй бұрын

    Where are you at

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKaoАй бұрын

    I’m in New York!

  • @sievertholman4364
    @sievertholman4364Ай бұрын

    why is'nt the altitude meter set to zero feet? It seems now to be set to 850 ft?

  • @wmsnowboarding336
    @wmsnowboarding336Ай бұрын

    The altimeter is set based upon an air pressure measurement meaning it reads the altitude above mean sea level “MSL”. What you are thinking of is called Radio Altimeter which reads the altitude above ground level “AGL” or “AFE” meaning above field elevation. Hope this helps!

  • @sievertholman4364
    @sievertholman4364Ай бұрын

    @@wmsnowboarding336 Thankx!

  • @eric.ross.art1
    @eric.ross.art1Ай бұрын

    I know how hard it is to get those landings buttery. I'm not sure if your instructor has given you this specific information - my first instructor did not, and I struggled with landings for a while - but I think this will make an instant improvement to your landings. Remember that the key to a good landing is a good approach. Having a good approach for pattern work also means giving yourself enough time on the downwind leg, even extending it as long as you need (as long as your airspace allows) to give yourself enough distance on the final leg to make smooth power and trim adjustments to make a smooth landing. Once you're on the final leg, don't think you need to immediately decend. Set yourself up first. Get another notch of flaps in and increase your throttle to 2100, trimming down until straight and level. HERE'S the key: Don't push your yoke forward to decend. Use your THROTTLE to control your decent. Need to go down to -500/ft/min from straight and level? Throttle down to 1800. Maybe 1700. Without even touching the yoke (except for keeping the horizon level), the aircraft will slowly decend. Coming down a little too quick? Give it a little more power. The nose will rise in a couple of seconds. As you get closer to the runway, about 500ft above ground, you'll start throttling back and trimming up every few seconds. Less throttle, more trim, less throttle more trim all the way down. Keep in mind that this does not 100% eliminate the need to input controls to the yoke to maintain directional control and glideslope accuracy. This just makes it to where your inputs will only have to be very minimal. Trust me, you'll FEEL the difference. This will also make pulling the yoke back for the flare very easy, so you'll only have to make a VERY gentle pull and hold. Okay...to make a greaser landing... Once you're pretty much right above and just into ground effect, you'll pull power EVER so slowly, KEEPING YOUR EYES DOWN THE RUNWAY as far as you can look down the center line. You eyes should be looking at the TOP of where all the middle line stripes stack up. This gives your eyes as much information as possible at once - info you need to hold that center line and keep that horizon level. Another silver bullet to a good landing: HORIZON with the HANDS, DIRECTION with the FEET. Aileron adjustmements may be needed on the approach and decent to landing, but once you're all good, lined up, and in ground effect it's just horizon with the hands (keeping it level), direction with the feet (maintaining that center line with the feet/rudder, until it just gently touches the ground on the rear wheels. If you haven't practiced using the throttle for controllingdecent for landings before, I recommend you go to the practice area with your instructor and practice the precise decent control that the throttle gives, THEN go make those greaser landings. One more recommendation (for takeoff): Although you need FULL power to get off the ground and get some altitude, be sure to EASE that power back from 2400 to about 2100 when you're about 500 feet away from your target pattern altitude. It'll keep you from screaming through your target altitudes. The plane has the power to the get there, just let it ease itself into it. Then you won't have to chase the altitude on the downwind. Thanks for sharing your video! FLY SAFE! YOU GOT THIS!!!

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKaoАй бұрын

    Hey! Thanks soooo much for the advice!! Ill definitely take not of all that on my next flight! I need all the help I can get! Haha the landing is the only thing holding me from my solo so i really appreciate the tips everyone is giving!

  • @superoffended6737
    @superoffended67372 ай бұрын

    Smooth af!!!

  • @snowboarder50000
    @snowboarder500002 ай бұрын

    I actually prefer heavy cross wind, mostly cause im a baws.

  • @LoosMoose
    @LoosMoose2 ай бұрын

    Better avoid West Texas

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKao2 ай бұрын

    Haha. I live in NY and in perpetual wind. Might as well just accept it 😭

  • @n.v.1258
    @n.v.12582 ай бұрын

    Nice landing. Keep ✌️ up the good works ✌️

  • @n.v.1258
    @n.v.12582 ай бұрын

    I liked your composure. Very calm . Keep it up. 😊

  • @n.v.1258
    @n.v.12582 ай бұрын

    Perfect landing with the stall horn. Tell the CFI you want to fly 😂

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKao2 ай бұрын

    😅😂😂 my landings are so shaky its rough. But thank you i appreciate it! ❤️

  • @n.v.1258
    @n.v.12582 ай бұрын

    Cfi looks a little uncomfortable. Keep your hand on the power. Good job all around.

  • @CidsReality
    @CidsReality2 ай бұрын

    Gotta find a way to occupy your mind so you don't default to eating when you think about food. Or eat on a schedule like you're at work. I've been at home for a month with a bad foot and it has been torture having access to food all the time, LOL.

  • @carolannhedemark7147
    @carolannhedemark71472 ай бұрын

    Totally relate

  • @loremipsumproductivityengi7552
    @loremipsumproductivityengi75522 ай бұрын

    That attitude indicator though..

  • @papishampoo5235
    @papishampoo52352 ай бұрын

    I thought it was just me.

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKao2 ай бұрын

    Its broken 🥲

  • @richard1472
    @richard14722 ай бұрын

    ​@@AlesiaKao Nothing breeds confidence like a busted ASI. Are we having fun yet?

  • @n8lbv
    @n8lbv2 күн бұрын

    Put sticker over it or something. That would drive me crazy. Same airplane and only about 3 hours experience. KARB N4098F

  • @derekeves1
    @derekeves13 ай бұрын

    Nice looks like a lot of fun, I would say always best to have a hand on the throttle during takeoff! Can easily vibrate to a lower power setting in a critical time.

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKao3 ай бұрын

    Hey thanks for the advice! Yeah I’ve been trying to get better at keeping a hand on the throttle during takeoffs and landings lol I got it the 2nd and 3rd time!

  • @bernardanderson3758
    @bernardanderson37583 ай бұрын

    During any takeoffs at any given moment always remember where your hands are on the power control!! The Piper Warrior is a great aircraft and what I’m seeing here is awesome flying . Next flight I look forward to it

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKao3 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much for the encouragement and support!!!

  • @guystephens1767
    @guystephens17673 ай бұрын

    "Promo SM" 💘

  • @philippevidal6336
    @philippevidal63363 ай бұрын

    You spend all your time eating!!! ha ha ha

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKao3 ай бұрын

    I love to eat 😭😂

  • @alphacharlieflies
    @alphacharlieflies3 ай бұрын

    I noticed a few people saying the same thing about keeping your hand on the throttle. Ill say a short story. Im also a student but training on the c172. On the 172, you can adjust the stiffness of the throttle by turning a knob. So one time, i took off and took my right hand off the throttle and put it on the yoke. During the climb, the aircraft wasnt climbing as normal and i was slightly concerned. My instructor waited until i made a comment about the climb performance to tell me to check the throttle. I noticed the throttle had slid back during take off because it was loose. Ever since then, i always keep my hand on the throttle. Not sure if you can adjust the stiffness in the piper but good idea to keep your hand on the throttle for takeoff and landing anyways. Lol

  • @majestic-skies
    @majestic-skies3 ай бұрын

    Youre getting there! Im surprised you only lost 150 feet despite freezing up in the stall recovery. Once you get more practice with stalls youll be able to recover in 50-75 feet. The first landing attempt was pretty sketchy though not going to lie. Pretty sure the stall horn was starting to sound when you flared before you were even over the runway 😅 Try to aim to be just a little higher and further down the runway going forward. It takes time though. I've had some absolutely terrible landings as I was learning. Especially on my first couple solo flights since you're used to having an extra 200lbs on board.

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKao3 ай бұрын

    I need to look back at the video but i think i was learning rejected landings there! Regardless I appreciate the advice and definitely will need to practice 😂🙏landings are sooo shaky with me. I still have trouble knowing when to flare but I think over time I’ll get a better feel for it. Thank you soo much for the support!! Also stalls still scare me!! 😂

  • @daleyingling4868
    @daleyingling48683 ай бұрын

    THE CFI NEEDS TO KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF THE YOKE IN STALL RECOVERY UNLESS ITS A DIRE SITUATION.

  • @glennwatson
    @glennwatson3 ай бұрын

    Ailerons neutral is what I've been taught, not off the yoke.

  • @daleyingling4868
    @daleyingling48683 ай бұрын

    @@glennwatson The CFI needs to keep his hands off the yoke...🤦‍♂️ not the student pilot.

  • @glennwatson
    @glennwatson3 ай бұрын

    @@daleyingling4868 ah right Thankyou

  • @BrianSiskind
    @BrianSiskind3 ай бұрын

    This is the toughest part of training... keep at it! Make it a goal to have your CFI not have his hands on the yoke. Be a fan of go arounds and love doing them. Hand on the throttle. Reps and reps! Good luck!

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKao3 ай бұрын

    Thanks sooo much for the support! Yeah i definitely see the progression from the first video i posted for flying 😀😀

  • @BrianSiskind
    @BrianSiskind3 ай бұрын

    @@AlesiaKao good! I made a video about my landing struggles that I hope will help folks at this stage... might be helpful in a non-CFI way.. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iJOJps9tnprgqNY.htmlsi=zLmg0sUIj6TeGaeU

  • @aeronaut1906
    @aeronaut19063 ай бұрын

    Very good progression, nice! Remember that its better to be slightly high and slightly fast than low and slow! Fly it down and bleed off your energy

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKao3 ай бұрын

    Hey thanks so much for the support! I’m glad I’m making good progress through this journey! I’m still so shaky with landings, especially when to flare, but we’re working through it 😊❤️

  • @aeronaut1906
    @aeronaut19063 ай бұрын

    @@AlesiaKao You’ve got a great instructor

  • @chase3760
    @chase37603 ай бұрын

    I agree never take you hand off the throttle during landing and takeoff. Also when i learned to fly , on a touch and go leave flaps set until you have a positive rate of clime and the desired speed then take 1 notch out at a time until you are clean.

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKao3 ай бұрын

    Great! Thanks for the advice! What’s the reason for leaving the flaps set? Just general question for detail lol

  • @Zack-ky7qf
    @Zack-ky7qf3 ай бұрын

    If you retract the flaps too early you might fall back on the runway. Retracting flaps reduces the lift generated. Wait till you are at least 500 ft above the ground and have a positive rate of climb. Once you are more experienced you can clean the plane during ground roll, some flights schools don’t teach it because it adds risk.

  • @donlokbooha4972
    @donlokbooha49723 ай бұрын

    I feel the first comment may be a bit confusing. On a go around in the PA28, retract the first notch of flaps AFTER applying power. This is because flaps 40° in the PA28 provides a lot of drag that actually reduces your climb performance when going around. (This is a lot more apparent in other aircraft like C150's C172's... they barely climb with full power and full flaps) If you do it before applying power, then you're just getting rid of the extra lift that was previously keeping you from sinking. When you establish a positive rate of climb with flaps 25°, then slowly reduce the flaps as you accelerate. As for on touch and go's, retract the flaps after landing to the desired flap setting for the next takeoff.

  • @wackoman544
    @wackoman5443 ай бұрын

    @@AlesiaKao you clearly didn't do enough groundschool if you have to ask that question. many pilots have died retracting flaps too early on go arounds

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKao3 ай бұрын

    Well I’m sorry for asking lol and no I actually have not gone to ground school. I just study for the written exam on my own and fly to get practice in

  • @barz1221
    @barz12213 ай бұрын

    Try and keep right hand on the throttle during landings, you never know when you’ll have to go around especially if you bounce the plane. Good job tho!

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKao3 ай бұрын

    Perfect! I’ll keep that in mind for the next flight :) thank you!!

  • @Zack-ky7qf
    @Zack-ky7qf3 ай бұрын

    And during takeoff! Looking at this made me feel uneasy. Imagine the lever is loose and would go to idle during takeoff. That’s nothing ridiculous, it actually happens, that’s why you can tighten it. I’m surprised your flight instructor didn’t pay attention to that. Nice lesson !

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKao3 ай бұрын

    That’s awesome to know! Thanks so much for all the tips! It’s really nice learning all these small details to improve my flying 😊

  • @thelastrebelshow1627
    @thelastrebelshow1627Ай бұрын

    @@AlesiaKaoI don’t think you’re cut out to be a pilot. Maybe a desk job or something.

  • @robbiereeb5724
    @robbiereeb57245 күн бұрын

    @@AlesiaKao You are probably so much further now than this video, but another issue I noticed is you are seriously overcontrolling and being jerky with the controls. The plane does what you want it to do, you don't have to be so abrupt, its just small adjustments. Also stalls should be hand on the power the whole time until recovery. Always hand on the power during climb and decent

  • @justricardo
    @justricardo3 ай бұрын

    i forget what the storm window max indicated is -- but it makes the cabin much quieter if you close it.

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKao3 ай бұрын

    Lol i usually close it but it’s a sauna inside that cabin sometimes

  • @ChrispyByDefault
    @ChrispyByDefault3 ай бұрын

    Everything is looking great! Keep on practicing and you will have that certificate before you know it.

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKao3 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much!!

  • @LucasDonates
    @LucasDonates4 ай бұрын

    I've noticed there's a considerable security gap between the stall horn and the plane really stall.

  • @Preppy-nr2lu
    @Preppy-nr2lu4 ай бұрын

    Omg! I’m here before your channel goes viral! You Deserve SO MUCH More subs! I went ahead and re-watched a bunch of your blogsLove your channel keep making videos! ❤️- your fan

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKao4 ай бұрын

    Awww thanks so much!! I appreciate the compliment! And I will! It’s a fun hobby!

  • @donuttherapy1255
    @donuttherapy12554 ай бұрын

    Mmm Donuts. 10/10 donut review. Nice 👍

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKao4 ай бұрын

    Hahaha a tribute to my Donut Therapists

  • @AshleysHobbystead
    @AshleysHobbystead4 ай бұрын

    Both really good ideas but for my choice, if money wasn't an option, get a fighter pilot to fly me around

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKao4 ай бұрын

    Why fighter pilot specifically?!

  • @AshleysHobbystead
    @AshleysHobbystead4 ай бұрын

    @@AlesiaKao because I wanna feel the rollercoaster feelings but without a predetermined track. Fighters are basically just high tech roller coasters without tracks and with weapons of you think about it lol

  • @AshleysHobbystead
    @AshleysHobbystead4 ай бұрын

    OMG that landing though 😮

  • @AlesiaKao
    @AlesiaKao4 ай бұрын

    We just trying our best LOL

  • @Miot2211
    @Miot22114 ай бұрын

    Respect