I feel really behind...

[gcd89]

I feel like I'm really behind as far as knowledge. Like in another thread here, someone was talking about flight following, and different kinds of airspace, and I have next to zero practical knowledge of these things. Or on other flying forums when people are talking about all things like clearances and a whole bunch of crazy stuff I don't get.

Note: I am still a student pilot. Is this knowledge just something can comes with experience, or do I need to buckle down and start studying harder?

 

[Jim Logajan]

Note: I am still a student pilot. Is this knowledge just something can comes with experience, or do I need to buckle down and start studying harder?

Buckle down and study harder. If you need book recommendations, just ask and many here will be glad to give some.

 

[Jim Logajan]

didn't think I could take it yet

You don't need a student certificate, a medical, or have any logged hours at all to take the written test. I studied for it, and took it, before I had even contacted a flight instructor. However, one does need a sign-off from an instructor or a computer program to take the test. An instructor and a computer program have a lot in common when it comes to checking whether a student is ready to take the written. :wink2: So I bought the Gleim student kit that included the appropriate software, and used that to get my authorization. Then went and took the written. I got one question wrong, which is worse than getting a lot of them wrong: Oh so close!