Some people spend their retirement volunteering at a food bank or the Red Cross… I fly doctors to Mexico and coach fellow pilots.
Pulls historical NOAA weather for any U.S. airport and works out the odds of VFR, clear skies, or fog for whatever date range and time window you're planning around.
Develops and exhibits a solid understanding of how the Command Line (aka Scoreboard) is the critical check on your navigation and autopilot settings.
Looks up Tower Enroute Control routes straight from the FAA's own preferred-routes database — not simulator data — filtered by aircraft type and LAX's landing configuration.
Call Clearance Delivery, hear your IFR clearance, copy it in CRAFT shorthand, then key Push to Talk and read it back — Clearance Delivery corrects anything you miss. Routes come from the FAA's preferred-route and TEC database plus recent real ATC clearances.
Fires a random ATC instruction at you and times whether you set it up and read it back correctly — chair-flying practice for the Listen, Set, Read Back habit.
Plans a flying day of up to five legs — enter wheels-up time plus each leg's airports, ETE, and fuel, and it works out every clock time from leaving home to arriving destination. Or let Claude pull ETE and fuel from ForeFlight; saved days sync across your devices.
Enter the fuel you'll have after the current leg and the minimum you need for the next — alternate and reserve included — and it works out how much to add, in gallons and liters, total and per side.
A checklist for flying your own plane across the border — subscriptions and permits, eAPIS and flight-plan filings, what goes in the binder, and what to have onboard. Make a copy and customize it for your trip.
Opens Google Form ↗The reference library behind the GeezerGeek Coach sessions — background reading and source material, collected in one Google Doc.
Opens Google Doc ↗Disclaimer: I am neither a ground instructor nor a flight instructor. All information is for general background and should be verified with a certified flight instructor and your own research.