How to Fly an Airplane : Outside the Plane Preflight Checklist

Learn what to do before flying an airplane in this free how to fly video.

Expert: Dave Pressy
Bio: Dave Pressy has been a flight instructor in the St. Louis Area for over four years, and a pilot for more than seven years.
Filmmaker: Ross Safronoff

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• plane
• airplane
• pilot
• flyingplane
• flightinstructions
• survivalskills

[airblade124]

the first video where expert village ACTUALLY taught me something properly.

[andybpilot1]

The airlerons, rudder and elevator are all connected my cabels or push rods, there are no hydralics involved. The 'bottle' is a fuel tester, u drain fuel from the brain points in each wing, and also in some aircraft from under the nose where there is a fuel sump. This is to check for contamination such as water which clearly separates from the (blue) avgas fuel.

[StormingSheep]

best to get real training as well though

[hypno159753]

try doing a walk-around for a boeing 747 :)

[zcg3]

I started flight school in November and I have a female instructor. After my second lesson, she introduced me to the "mile-high" club. We almost crashed...whoa...

[suctionplease]

Add this to the list: check the oil and fuel, look for nesting birds or mice in the cowling, and look for bugs (and bug droppings) in or near the pitot tubes.

[Speedy0260]

How can you download this video?

[sezjackproductions]

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[DFT12345678901]

How old do you need to be to have you're first flying lesson?