<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Settle Aviation notes</title><description>Private Part 61 flight instruction in Dallas Fort Worth, built for business owners, busy professionals and busy high school students. One instructor from first lesson to checkride, $75 an hour in the air and $50 on the ground.</description><link>https://settle-aviation.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Chair flying: the free lesson that makes the airplane feel slower</title><link>https://settle-aviation.com/blog/chair-flying/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://settle-aviation.com/blog/chair-flying/</guid><description>How to chair fly between flight lessons: what to rehearse, how long to spend, and why it is the cheapest way to learn to fly faster in Dallas Fort Worth.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why we train in the RV-12iS: a glass panel at a light sport cost</title><link>https://settle-aviation.com/blog/why-we-train-in-the-rv-12is/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://settle-aviation.com/blog/why-we-train-in-the-rv-12is/</guid><description>What makes the Van&apos;s RV-12iS a strong trainer: a Garmin G3X glass panel, a fuel-injected Rotax, about 5 gallons an hour, and $165 an hour with fuel included.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What a flight review actually covers, and what it does not</title><link>https://settle-aviation.com/blog/what-a-flight-review-covers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://settle-aviation.com/blog/what-a-flight-review-covers/</guid><description>What happens on an FAA flight review under 14 CFR 61.56: the ground session, the flight, the endorsement, and why there is no pass or fail. For DFW pilots.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Learning to fly in high school: ages, paperwork and a schedule that works</title><link>https://settle-aviation.com/blog/learning-to-fly-in-high-school/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://settle-aviation.com/blog/learning-to-fly-in-high-school/</guid><description>How a busy high school student can learn to fly in Dallas Fort Worth, Texas: lessons at any age, solo at 16, private pilot at 17, and what to line up first.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>