Get Busy Flying

Lindsay passes her Check Ride, Nick flies with friends for the first time, and Lindsay immediately uses her new pilot license to go flying with Nick to celebrate. Progress Report: Nick 66.2 hours - Lindsay 76.4 hours ———————————— Nick and Lindsay Fener met while skydiving in 2005 and have been together ever since. Fast forward: Nick lost his legs in 2011, they married in 2015, and now in 2021 they decided to BOTH get their Private Pilot certificates. Get Busy Flying Podcast is the raw debrief, lesson-by-lesson, of their experience. Each episode is simply a casual conversation recorded immediately after each one of Nick and Lindsay's flight lessons. For more about the Fener's, check out: www.FenerAdventures.com www.GetBusyLivingMovie.com

Nick passes his check ride and gets his Private Pilot License! Progress Report: Nick 65.2 by hours - Lindsay 72.9 hours ———————————— Nick and Lindsay Fener met while skydiving in 2005 and have been together ever since. Fast forward: Nick lost his legs in 2011, they married in 2015, and now in 2021 they decided to BOTH get their Private Pilot certificates. Get Busy Flying Podcast is the raw debrief, lesson-by-lesson, of their experience. Each episode is simply a casual conversation recorded immediately after each one of Nick and Lindsay's flight lessons. For more about the Fener's, check out: www.FenerAdventures.com www.GetBusyLivingMovie.com

In this long-overdue update, Nick and Lindsay discuss their upcoming check-rides. Progress Report: Nick 60 hours - Lindsay 70.5 hours ———————————— Nick and Lindsay Fener met while skydiving in 2005 and have been together ever since. Fast forward: Nick lost his legs in 2011, they married in 2015, and now in 2021 they decided to BOTH get their Private Pilot certificates. Get Busy Flying Podcast is the raw debrief, lesson-by-lesson, of their experience. Each episode is simply a casual conversation recorded immediately after each one of Nick and Lindsay's flight lessons. For more about the Fener's, check out: www.FenerAdventures.com www.GetBusyLivingMovie.com

Nick talks about his long cross country solo flight to Blythe. Progress Report: Nick 41.8 hours - Lindsay 54.1 hours ———————————— Nick and Lindsay Fener met while skydiving in 2005 and have been together ever since. Fast forward: Nick lost his legs in 2011, they married in 2015, and now in 2021 they decided to BOTH get their Private Pilot certificates. Get Busy Flying Podcast is the raw debrief, lesson-by-lesson, of their experience. Each episode is simply a casual conversation recorded immediately after each one of Nick and Lindsay's flight lessons. For more about the Fener's, check out: www.FenerAdventures.com www.GetBusyLivingMovie.com

Lindsay completes some simulated instrument training with her instructor while Nick does his first solo cross country flight. Progress Report: Nick 38.6 hours - Lindsay 54.1 hours ———————————— Nick and Lindsay Fener met while skydiving in 2005 and have been together ever since. Fast forward: Nick lost his legs in 2011, they married in 2015, and now in 2021 they decided to BOTH get their Private Pilot certificates. Get Busy Flying Podcast is the raw debrief, lesson-by-lesson, of their experience. Each episode is simply a casual conversation recorded immediately after each one of Nick and Lindsay's flight lessons. For more about the Fener's, check out: www.FenerAdventures.com www.GetBusyLivingMovie.com

Nick makes his first solo flight to another airport and Lindsay flies 3.2 hours solo on a long cross country. Progress Report: Nick 36.8 hours - Lindsay 52.8 hours ———————————— Nick and Lindsay Fener met while skydiving in 2005 and have been together ever since. Fast forward: Nick lost his legs in 2011, they married in 2015, and now in 2021 they decided to BOTH get their Private Pilot certificates. Get Busy Flying Podcast is the raw debrief, lesson-by-lesson, of their experience. Each episode is simply a casual conversation recorded immediately after each one of Nick and Lindsay's flight lessons. For more about the Fener's, check out: www.FenerAdventures.com www.GetBusyLivingMovie.com

Lindsay does her first cross-country solo and sticks around afterward to watch Nick make his long-awaited first solo flight! Progress Report: Nick 35.8 hours - Lindsay 49.6 hours ———————————— Nick and Lindsay Fener met while skydiving in 2005 and have been together ever since. Fast forward: Nick lost his legs in 2011, they married in 2015, and now in 2021 they decided to BOTH get their Private Pilot certificates. Get Busy Flying Podcast is the raw debrief, lesson-by-lesson, of their experience. Each episode is simply a casual conversation recorded immediately after each one of Nick and Lindsay's flight lessons. For more about the Fener's, check out: www.FenerAdventures.com www.GetBusyLivingMovie.com

Lindsay's first night flight is a cross country flight down to Brown Field in San Diego, complete with a fun transition over the international airport on the way home. Progress Report: Nick 34.3 hours - Lindsay 47.6 hours ———————————— Nick and Lindsay Fener met while skydiving in 2005 and have been together ever since. Fast forward: Nick lost his legs in 2011, they married in 2015, and now in 2021 they decided to BOTH get their Private Pilot certificates. Get Busy Flying Podcast is the raw debrief, lesson-by-lesson, of their experience. Each episode is simply a casual conversation recorded immediately after each one of Nick and Lindsay's flight lessons. For more about the Fener's, check out: www.FenerAdventures.com www.GetBusyLivingMovie.com

Nick shares some awesome news and Lindsay talks about the lessons learned during her long cross-country flight and the last few solo flights she's done. Progress Report: Nick 33.6 hours - Lindsay 44.5 hours ———————————— Nick and Lindsay Fener met while skydiving in 2005 and have been together ever since. Fast forward: Nick lost his legs in 2011, they married in 2015, and now in 2021 they decided to BOTH get their Private Pilot certificates. Get Busy Flying Podcast is the raw debrief, lesson-by-lesson, of their experience. Each episode is simply a casual conversation recorded immediately after each one of Nick and Lindsay's flight lessons. For more about the Fener's, check out: www.FenerAdventures.com www.GetBusyLivingMovie.com

Lindsay talks about her last four flight lessons including her first cross-country flight and her first solo touch-and-go's at a towered airport! Progress Report: Nick 32.2 hours - Lindsay 38.8 hours ———————————— Nick and Lindsay Fener met while skydiving in 2005 and have been together ever since. Fast forward: Nick lost his legs in 2011, they married in 2015, and now in 2021 they decided to BOTH get their Private Pilot certificates. Get Busy Flying Podcast is the raw debrief, lesson-by-lesson, of their experience. Each episode is simply a casual conversation recorded immediately after each one of Nick and Lindsay's flight lessons. For more about the Fener's, check out: www.FenerAdventures.com www.GetBusyLivingMovie.com

Lindsay flies SOLO for the first time! Progress Report: Nick 32.2 hours - Lindsay 29.6 hours ———————————— Nick and Lindsay Fener met while skydiving in 2005 and have been together ever since. Fast forward: Nick lost his legs in 2011, they married in 2015, and now in 2021 they decided to BOTH get their Private Pilot certificates. Get Busy Flying Podcast is the raw debrief, lesson-by-lesson, of their experience. Each episode is simply a casual conversation recorded immediately after each one of Nick and Lindsay's flight lessons. For more about the Fener's, check out: www.FenerAdventures.com www.GetBusyLivingMovie.com

Ep.22 Lindsay flew to Palomar and gained much confidence with her ATC communication and Nick did a 3-hour cross country flight out to Blythe and back. Progress Report: Nick 32.2 hours - Lindsay 27.1 hours ———————————— Nick and Lindsay Fener met while skydiving in 2005 and have been together ever since. Fast forward: Nick lost his legs in 2011, they married in 2015, and now in 2021 they decided to BOTH get their Private Pilot certificates. Get Busy Flying Podcast is the raw debrief, lesson-by-lesson, of their experience. Each episode is simply a casual conversation recorded immediately after each one of Nick and Lindsay's flight lessons. For more about the Fener's, check out: www.FenerAdventures.com www.GetBusyLivingMovie.com

Ep.21 Lindsay and Nick (and MIA dog) join in on each other's back-to-back lessons with John to two different towered airports. Progress Report: Nick 29.2 hours - Lindsay 25.5 hours ———————————— Nick and Lindsay Fener met while skydiving in 2005 and have been together ever since. Fast forward: Nick lost his legs in 2011, they married in 2015, and now in 2021 they decided to BOTH get their Private Pilot certificates. Get Busy Flying Podcast is the raw debrief, lesson-by-lesson, of their experience. Each episode is simply a casual conversation recorded immediately after each one of Nick and Lindsay's flight lessons. For more about the Fener's, check out: www.FenerAdventures.com www.GetBusyLivingMovie.com

Ep.20 Lindsay flies to a towered airport for the first time and Nick accidentally gets into a spin while practicing stalls. Progress Report: Nick 27.8 hours - Lindsay 23.9 hours ———————————— Nick and Lindsay Fener met while skydiving in 2005 and have been together ever since. Fast forward: Nick lost his legs in 2011, they married in 2015, and now in 2021 they decided to BOTH get their Private Pilot certificates. Get Busy Flying Podcast is the raw debrief, lesson-by-lesson, of their experience. Each episode is simply a casual conversation recorded immediately after each one of Nick and Lindsay's flight lessons. For more about the Fener's, check out: www.FenerAdventures.com www.GetBusyLivingMovie.com

Ep.19 Lindsay gets cleared for solos (again) by her new instructor and Nick flies his first cross country flight to Apple Valley. Progress Report: Nick 26.4 hours - Lindsay 22.5 hours ———————————— Nick and Lindsay Fener met while skydiving in 2005 and have been together ever since. Fast forward: Nick lost his legs in 2011, they married in 2015, and now in 2021 they decided to BOTH get their Private Pilot certificates. Get Busy Flying Podcast is the raw debrief, lesson-by-lesson, of their experience. Each episode is simply a casual conversation recorded immediately after each one of Nick and Lindsay's flight lessons. For more about the Fener's, check out: www.FenerAdventures.com www.GetBusyLivingMovie.com

Ep.18 Lindsay flies with Nick and MIA in the backseat and then they both struggle with a 2-hour ground training session on cross country flight planning. Progress Report: Nick 24.5 hours - Lindsay 21 hours ———————————— Nick and Lindsay Fener met while skydiving in 2005 and have been together ever since. Fast forward: Nick lost his legs in 2011, they married in 2015, and now in 2021 they decided to BOTH get their Private pilots licenses. Get Busy Flying Podcast is the raw debrief, lesson-by-lesson, of their experience. Each episode is simply a casual conversation recorded immediately after each one of Nick and Lindsay's flight lessons. For more about the Fener's, check out: www.FenerAdventures.com www.GetBusyLivingMovie.com

Lindsay has an empowering first lesson with her new instructor and Nick discusses his last three lessons including another one with Lindsay in the back seat. Progress Report: Nick 24.5 hours - Lindsay 20 hours ———————————— Nick and Lindsay Fener met while skydiving in 2005 and have been together ever since. Fast forward: Nick lost his legs in 2011, they married in 2015, and now in 2021 they decided to BOTH get their Private pilots licenses. Get Busy Flying Podcast is the raw debrief, lesson-by-lesson, of their experience. Each episode is simply a casual conversation recorded immediately after each one of Nick and Lindsay's flight lessons. For more about the Fener's, check out: www.FenerAdventures.com www.GetBusyLivingMovie.com

Lindsay gives a quick recap of her last two lessons and then they discuss today's flight where Nick flew with vision-blocking glasses (foggles) while Lindsay rode along in the backseat. Progress Report: Nick 20 hours - Lindsay 18.3 hours ———————————— Nick and Lindsay Fener met while skydiving in 2005 and have been together ever since. Fast forward: Nick lost his legs in 2011, they married in 2015, and now in 2021 they decided to BOTH get their Private pilots licenses. Get Busy Flying Podcast is the raw debrief, lesson-by-lesson, of their experience. Each episode is simply a casual conversation recorded immediately after each one of Nick and Lindsay's flight lessons. For more about the Fener's, check out: www.FenerAdventures.com www.GetBusyLivingMovie.com

Nick flies to an even busier towered airport and Lindsay does some engine failure drills. Progress Report: Nick 17.1 hours - Lindsay 15.5 hours ———————————— Nick and Lindsay Fener met while skydiving in 2005 and have been together ever since. Fast forward: Nick lost his legs in 2011, they married in 2015, and now in 2021 they decided to BOTH get their Private pilots licenses. Get Busy Flying Podcast is the raw debrief, lesson-by-lesson, of their experience. Each episode is simply a casual conversation recorded immediately after each one of Nick and Lindsay's flight lessons. For more about the Fener's, check out: www.FenerAdventures.com www.GetBusyLivingMovie.com

Lindsay is dialing in her landings with zero input from her instructor and Nick made another trip to a towered airport. Progress Report: Nick 15.9 hours - Lindsay 14 hours ———————————— Nick and Lindsay Fener met while skydiving in 2005 and have been together ever since. Fast forward: Nick lost his legs in 2011, they married in 2015, and now in 2021 they decided to BOTH get their Private pilots licenses. Get Busy Flying Podcast is the raw debrief, lesson-by-lesson, of their experience. Each episode is simply a casual conversation recorded immediately after each one of Nick and Lindsay's flight lessons. For more about the Fener's, check out: www.FenerAdventures.com www.GetBusyLivingMovie.com

Lindsay made 8 more landings on a ridiculously hectic day and Nick practiced communication in the full-motion simulator. Progress Report: Nick 14.3 hours - Lindsay 12.2 ———————————— Nick and Lindsay Fener met while skydiving in 2005 and have been together ever since. Fast forward: Nick lost his legs in 2011, they married in 2015, and now in 2021 they decided to BOTH get their Private pilots licenses. Get Busy Flying Podcast is the raw debrief, lesson-by-lesson, of their experience. Each episode is simply a casual conversation recorded immediately after each one of Nick and Lindsay's flight lessons. For more about the Fener's, check out: www.FenerAdventures.com www.GetBusyLivingMovie.com

Nick takes his first flight to a towered airport and experiences some challenges on his way back. Lindsay does a bunch of sub-par landings and couldn't be happier. . . Progress Report: Nick 14.3 hours - Lindsay 11.4 ———————————— Nick and Lindsay Fener met while skydiving in 2005 and have been together ever since. Fast forward: Nick lost his legs in 2011, they married in 2015, and now in 2021 they decided to BOTH get their Private pilots licenses. Get Busy Flying Podcast is the raw debrief, lesson-by-lesson, of their experience. Each episode is simply a casual conversation recorded immediately after each one of Nick and Lindsay's flight lessons. For more about the Fener's, check out: www.FenerAdventures.com www.GetBusyLivingMovie.com

This episode got cut short, and then was never finished, BUT Lindsay manages to share the excitement of her big breakthrough.

Another flight lesson, the 9th and 10th, Nick gets good news and Lindsay goes to a new airport. . . . Progress Report: Nick: 12 hours Lindsay: 8.8 hours

Nick goes for lesson #8 in the 172 with another new instructor. Lots of laughs this episode as they imagine eventually roasting each other over the radio.

After four days of bad weather, Lindsay gets in the air and gives the Cessna 172 a try with the enthusiastic encouragement of both her instructors, and Nick discusses his lesson from before the storm 4 days ago.

During the sixth lesson in nine days, Lindsay narrowly has a break-through and finally lands unassisted. Nick tries a new plane and another new instructor. TOTALS:: Lindsay: 6.5 hours, Nick: 8.1 hours

During the fifth flying lesson Nick had some major break throughs and even tried flying with a different set of feet. Lindsay started out confident but ended up in tears. . . Progress Report::: Nick: 6.7 hours and 22 logged landings. Lindsay: 5.3 hours and 0 landings

During lesson number four Nick makes his first flight to a new airport to practice landings and Lindsay encounters turbulence and traffic. . . Apologies for the poor audio quality. It gets slightly more tolerable after the first couple of minutes. PROGRESS REPORT - Nick: 5.6 hours . . Lindsay: 5.4 hours (including FAA approved simulator)

Nick tried out a new instructor and Lindsay went into the simulator before her flight. . . . Lindsay: 4.4 hours (including FAA approved sim). . . Nick: 4.1 hours

Lindsay flew 1.4 hours and Nick flew 1.6 hours today. One was nervous, one wanted to keep practicing stalls.

Day One of our flight training was super fun but notably overwhelming. And as aviation often goes, our first day included an unintended lesson about being flexible. BONUS: our dog MIA got to fly too!

Episode 1 is a quick “get to know ya” with Nick and Lindsay, recorded two days before the flying lessons begin. . . . . . . Get Busy Flying is a series of casual conversations taking place immediately after all our flight lessons. To get to know us better, check out: www.FenerAdventures.com or www.GetBusyLivingMovie.com