Student Pilot Community Training At All Flight Levels Hi Reader, CORRECTION: This Week's MOSAIC Story A correction to today's newsletter. In the main story about the FAA's MOSAIC rule, two figures were wrong. There is no 3,000-pound maximum takeoff weight for light-sport category aircraft. MOSAIC actually removes the prescriptive weight limit altogether, there is no MTOW cap at all now. That's a bigger change than what we described, not a specific number. The clean stall speed limit (VS1,...
6 days ago • 1 min read
Student Pilot Community Training At All Flight Levels This newsletter is proudly sponsored by Pilot Institute Hi Reader, Hello and welcome back. It's been a big month for paperwork that actually matters, the kind that changes what you can fly, not just how you file it. This week we're looking at a rule change that snuck past a lot of student pilots without the fanfare it deserved, plus the usual mix of industry news and community reflection. Let's get into it. For twenty years, "light sport...
6 days ago • 4 min read
Student Pilot Community Training At All Flight Levels This newsletter is proudly sponsored by Pilot Institute Hi Reader, Good morning. Every year for the last decade someone has predicted the pilot shortage would finally ease. This year it did the opposite. So let's talk about what's actually happening in flight training right now, from fleet orders to a fast track for licence holders, plus a few stories worth knowing before you next log in. This is the year the pilot shortage stopped being a...
20 days ago • 3 min read
Join the Ley Lines and Sacred Sites Community Go beyond the newsletter. For $9 a month get full access to the seven-module ley lines course and the introduction to ufology course. Join Us Hi Reader, Above the village of Aberfoyle in the Trossachs, a low wooded hill rises behind the old manse. Nothing about Doon Hill marks it out from the surrounding countryside except a path worn smooth by visitors and a single Scots pine standing alone in a clearing at the summit. People walk up to that tree...
21 days ago • 4 min read
Student Pilot Community Training At All Flight Levels This newsletter is proudly sponsored by Pilot Institute Hi Reader, Another week, another reminder that this industry moves in cycles. This week the cycle turned a little in the student pilot's favour. We've also got a record breaking Oshkosh, a new trainer aircraft, and one incident worth watching rather than worrying about. Let's get into it. For years, the worst part of learning to fly wasn't the flying. It was the waiting. Back in 2023,...
27 days ago • 3 min read
Join the Ley Lines and Sacred Sites Community Go beyond the newsletter. For $9 a month get full access to the seven-module ley lines course and the introduction to ufology course. Join Us Hi Reader, Drive west from Melbourne toward Geelong and you pass within a few miles of one of the least visited sacred sites in Australia. No signpost marks it. No car park serves it. On private grazing land near Little River sits Wurdi Youang, an egg shaped ring of basalt stones that some researchers rank...
28 days ago • 3 min read
Student Pilot Community Training At All Flight Levels This newsletter is proudly sponsored by Pilot Institute Hi Reader, Here is the latest post in the PIlot Institute blog: Free Resources to Help You Get Your Private Pilot License (PPL) Published on July 26, 2026 Yes, you can study for your private pilot license for free. The FAA publishes every core handbook as a free PDF, including the Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge and the Airplane Flying Handbook. Free ground school samplers,...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Student Pilot Community Training At All Flight Levels This newsletter is proudly sponsored by Pilot Institute Hi Reader, Here is the latest post in the PIlot Institute blog: Drone Maintenance and Inspection: A Part 107 Guide Published on July 26, 2026 So you’re out in the field on a major client gig. Your heart races as the drone powers up. The hum of the motor signals that paycheck you’ve been waiting for. But wait…what’s that error? Your DJI Fly App just threw up a compass calibration...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Student Pilot Community Training At All Flight Levels This newsletter is proudly sponsored by Pilot Institute Hi Reader, Here is the latest post in the PIlot Institute blog: How Much Does a Glider Cost? Buying, Renting, Ownership, and Training Published on July 26, 2026 Gliding is a fascinating form of flight with a very passionate following. Flying gliders is generally far less expensive than conventional aircraft, making it a great entry point or hobby in aviation. The cost of gliding will...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Student Pilot Community Training At All Flight Levels This newsletter is proudly sponsored by Pilot Institute Hi Reader, This week's big aviation story didn't happen at 35,000 feet. It happened in a boardroom at Farnborough, where two very different companies signed a deal turning a concept people have been sceptical about for years into something you can actually book. If you've ever wondered where the next wave of flying jobs might come from, this is worth your full attention. Somewhere in...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read