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Bill: you've logged the hours, you've
got the certificate, so why does it feel

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like you're guessing up there sometimes?

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Turns out there may be a reason for
that, and it's not your lack of talent.

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Today, we crack it open with Fly
ORKA in episode 96 of the Student

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Pilot Cast: Fly, Learn, Repeat

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Welcome back to the Student Pilot Cast.

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I'm Bill, and today's
conversation kind of ambushed me.

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I sat down with Adriana
at Oshkosh this year.

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She's the founder of FlyORKA,
expecting kind of an app demo.

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Instead, I walked away with a line
that's been stuck in my head ever

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since: logging is not learning.

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Adriana's background is kind of wild.

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Flight test engineer, glider record
holder, someone who's spent her career

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learning to fly airplanes nobody's ever
flown before, and she's built a whole

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training philosophy around one idea: We
don't learn from experience directly.

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We learn from reflecting
on that experience.

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That's basically our tagline here at
the podcast with some extra steps.

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Fly, learn, repeat.

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So I wanted to know exactly how she
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pilot can use after every single flight.

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So here's my conversation
with Adriana from FlyORKA.

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I want to say before you watch or
listen to this, we had some technical

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difficulties during the recording.

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Completely my fault.

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It was an at Oshkosh kind of problem,
bad setup on the camera and the audio

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that I have since fixed, but it resulted
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audio randomly during the discussion.

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So I had to edit this in a way that makes
it seem like it's kind of a normal flow,

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but it might seem a little disjointed
at times, and it's totally my fault.

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My apologies to my audience,
as well as to Adriana.

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I just think it means we'll have
to get together again sometime

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and continue the conversation.

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But here is the conversation
that we had at Oshkosh 2026.

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uh, welcome Back SPC listeners.

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Uh, I have the honor today to be
sitting here with Adriana from Fly ORKA.

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Uh, I know you, what you might be
thinking, I hadn't heard of it either.

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But I saw something that kinda stopped me
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a, a quote, "Logging is not learning."

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Adriana, would you mind giving a little
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then also in the process answering
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mean and why is that important?

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Adriana: Yeah.

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Um, well, my background, uh,
I, I came into flying wanting

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to become a test pilot.

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I went … I- I was lucky enough to
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practice, uh, flight test engineering
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Um, I loved the artistry of flying,
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soaring gliders- Mm … and flying
tailwheel airplanes and aerobatics.

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Eventually, um, training, uh, focusing
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with a lot of student pilots, uh,
helping people get their tailwheel

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endorsements all over the world, and,
and, and, and, and soaring, you know?

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Exploring-

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… 
the, how fantastic, uh, soaring
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using the power of the sun to go
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Bill: Yeah, incredible.

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Adriana: Yes.

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Well, and so you ask a question,
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logging is, is not learning?

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Um, and I, I go back to, you know,
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test to explain this because flight
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airplane and making it fly safely.

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Mm-hmm.

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And we, um, we, we go a- out there as a
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we, we, we, we are really intentional
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recording, and coming back from that
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… 
with engineers.

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You have people working on the
engine, on the aerodynamics.

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You have people working on, in, in
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does it take to, to make a brand-new
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And being able to share, uh, to
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with them, it's, does something,
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When you can, when you can share that
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safely, but become a competent pilot.

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Bill: Okay.

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Adriana: Yeah.

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Bill: And how does, how does
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What is, what do you think you're
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the way training is happening
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Adriana: From the flight test world.

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So the key things is, is it's very
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closing the gap between you not
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doing it, and, and doing it well,
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Bill: Yeah.

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Adriana: So when you focus on,
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focus on the milestone, uh,

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you lose sight of the actual actions
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So the in between is how
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How do we learn?

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And that's the caveat.

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It, yes, we need benchmarks
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We need milestones because
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But we want to ask the question,
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And that's learning.

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That's where learning is not logging

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Um, because, uh, so from flight test,
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flight test, I think you can learn
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you are testing a brand new airplane.

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We don't know what we don't know.

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airplane behaves, how the airplane
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Like, we are going to do
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Let's go ahead and do this.

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What happens?

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We are collecting data points and
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judging, just recording the data points.

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Like, nobody's, nobody's
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It's just, we're just recording,

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We all figure out, well, what are
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How do we… What's the next step?

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And sharing information.

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Bill: So I'm diving deeper into this
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find out how, how it's different, right?

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Bill: So you could make the argument
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Adriana: Yeah

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Bill: So tell me- How you doing?

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Bill: Tell me what you're bringing that's,
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Adriana: Mm-hmm

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Bill: is, is used most valuably.

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Does that make sense?

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Well, um, there is a quote that I
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that we don't learn from experience.

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Bill: Okay.

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Adriana: We learn from
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Adriana: And, um, so, like, for
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you can think of yourself maybe, uh,
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yourself, um, like, like screwing up
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And at some point, you choose decision-

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Bill: Mm-hmm

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Bill: Got it.

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Yeah, I like that a lot.

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Um, the tagline for the podcast
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Adriana: Yeah.

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Bill: And so I- Yeah … I like
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How do we learn from it?

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And, uh, so what I talk about is- Fly,

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Adriana: learn, repeat.

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Bill: So what I talk about is,
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single flight, take a minute-

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Bill: to reflect, what did I do-
Mm … that could've been better?

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What I … And that's kinda
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Adriana: right?

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So basically we're breaking
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um, it's, it's not your fault.

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Like, um, we generally are forgetting
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uh, even, even the education system is now
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that we, i- it, it started
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How do we learn?

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Um, and so what O- ORKA is, is an acronym.

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It stands for observe, record,
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So we break it down to how
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Bill: So I can tell that
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Would you mind sharing with my listeners
and viewers where that passion came from?

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Adriana: Yeah.

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Bill: What was the origin story- Okay
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There are so many different angles.

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I, you know, we have so many a- a- aspects
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was moved at, in every aspect of my being.

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So the first one was, uh, when
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I remember this perfectly.

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I was in the telemetry room, and
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more than befo- like, more than ever
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More people have the, the confidence to
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just recognizing that, that every year, we
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a, a lot of that money is, is going

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into waste, meaning that people
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Um, and, and, and almost with a lot
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um, the, the other thing is going back
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when I moved to the US, I,
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I learned to fly in Mexico.

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I went through a program.

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You graduate, and you get
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I kid you not, like, the type of, like,
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was, I was really looking for feedback,
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feedback to, to help me become the
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you know, that I, that I could be.

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And, you know, imagine waiting your entire
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and when you, and, and when the actual
feedback that you get when somebody says

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something is like, "Well, you are the
worst pilot that I've ever met." Well-

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… that was, like, you know, like you've been
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Mm-hmm.

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And what comes out from their mouths
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But, you know, it made me aware that
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feedback throughout my entire flight
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um, that we need that immediate, that
we need consistent instant feedback-

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Adriana: at every step because we, um
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it was, it was not me not being capable.

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Bill: You weren't learning
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But I wanted, I always- Yeah, yeah … was
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that I, I want to bring that in.

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I want people to experience
what, what learning feels like

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because it's a lot of fun.

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Yeah.

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And I rediscovered that through,
through basically, uh, saying I'm

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going to make sure that I am a
competent pilot, and how do we do that?

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Well, let's go, let's, let's,
let's, let's use my flight test

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approach and basically train myself-

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Mm-hmm

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and surround myself with people
that will give me feedback.

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And next thing you know,
I have 34 soaring records.

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I have multiple badges.

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Mm. I have trained thousands of pilots.

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Uh, like I, it's, it's ne- it was
never a question of capability.

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Mm-hmm.

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Never a question of capability.

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Bill: It's just the learning process.

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Adriana: Yeah, it was-

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Bill: Okay

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… 
Adriana: not there.

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All right.

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Yeah.

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Bill: Cool.

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So tell me about FlyORKA.

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How does it help?

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Adriana: Yeah.

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Bill: How does it help with that?

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Adriana: It's a system that
works with this feedback loop.

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Um, so the feedback loop is the,
the core of the, of what we do.

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And everything in the, in the
app, um, supports that loop.

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Um, FLYORKA, just like fly,
learn, do, um, or, and repeat.

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Uh-huh.

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Uh, it, it stands for, again,
observe, record, know yourself-

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Bill: Mm-hmm

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… 
Adriana: assess, and adjust And
everything we do supports, supports that.

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Bill: Okay.

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So is it, is it a way to, um, to
draw feedback out of experience?

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Right.

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Um, and then record it and
allow you to learn from it?

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Tell me how it works.

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Adriana: Yeah.

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Yeah, so we, um, so the…

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We focus on, like,
basically one principle.

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When you make, when you can
see, diagnose your next step.

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So we focus on giving you
tools to make that visible-

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Bill: Okay

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… 
Adriana: and, and make it shareable
so that, you know, the, you, if you

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can bring people in and more people
can, can see it, uh, it's not just you

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being able to see something, it's other
people being able to see something

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and, and it creates the, the, m- the
mutual support and the collaboration

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to im- to help you gain clarity.

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Bill: Okay.

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So who are these people
that are helping you?

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Is it, uh, is it an app that's used
by yourself as the learner, your

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instructor- Yes … maybe peers?

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Adriana: Yeah.

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Bill: Like-

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Adriana: Everybody.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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Like, if you want to invite even your
family or your girlfriend or, you

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know, to follow you along your flight
training journey, you can even invite

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them, um, to, to see what you're doing.

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And it, it is, it is, um… Because
it's focused on the process, it's for

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students, instructors, and flight schools.

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Bill: Okay.

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All right.

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Um, it's not a curriculum, it's a,
it's an assistant to the process.

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Adriana: Yes.

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It is a pro… Yeah.

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Like, uh, I know this may not resonate
with students, but, uh, in terms

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of… Because, uh, what we are doing
here is a systems design thinking.

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Uh, it is, it is designed to
increase process reliability.

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Mm-hmm.

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So I'll give you an example.

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Um, when you… Let's go
back to aircraft, right?

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You want to make sure that
brand-new aircraft can fly safely

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before they reach the customer.

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Mm-hmm.

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And, and before we do that, we go through
a process to ensure that reliability- Okay

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of the product.

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Um, so it's like the process
has to be reliable itself.

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is going to go through a process
that is reliable, that is going to

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allow y- us to build the capability.

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Uh, and ideally, the faster we
build capability, guess what?

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You will have money to
work on your next goal.

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Bill: Yeah, right.

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Kind of repeat the cycle

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Adriana: Instead of going backwards
and repeating lessons, yeah.

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Bill: Yeah.

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Adriana: Okay.

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Bill: a lot of my audience are prospective
pilots or pilots or instructors.

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Um, what is the one thing, even
stripped away from maybe the product

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itself, what is the one thing that
you would want them to take away on

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how to improve the learning process?

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Adriana: Mm-hmm.

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Mm-hmm.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, well, we are great at wanting things
and making some progress, especially us.

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I think we, um, I- As pilots, right?

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As pilots.

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Mm-hmm.

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We are highly capable people that
will push through any challenge,

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and we are hard core people.

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you can think of doing aerobatics.

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For you to learn aerobatics safely,
like you… This is something you

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learn from through other people.

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Right.

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Because it's, it's this
tribe, tribal knowledge.

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Bill: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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It's not, it's not something that's
very safe just to experiment with.

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Adriana: Yes.

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Bill: Yeah.

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Adriana: Yes.

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And bringing that tribal knowledge back
as the core of how we learn, because we

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truly learn putting things together and
putting them apart and collaborating.

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Okay.

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And, and literally, uh, like it, it,
this, with this, uh, interactions, right?

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So the one key things that, that I
will, that I will say is that I know

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you guys can do it, but if you want to
accelerate your progress, but when you

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can see all the pieces of the puzzle
in front of you one month from now,

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two months from now, three months from
now, that on its own is going to reveal

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a lot of the gaps you need to close.

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And, and, and, and the things that,
uh, that will give you the confidence

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to say, "I am well prepared," or, "Let
me work on these specific gaps." Okay.

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But you will know
because it will be there.

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It will not be you
overthinking, am I good enough?

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Or regretting, oh, I should have- Oh,
yeah … I should ha- should ha- should…

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No, it's going to be
there in front of you.

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So document, share, and bring
people- Okay … into your journey.

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Yeah.

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Bill: All right.

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Thank you.

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Um, is there anything I should
have asked but I didn't?

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Adriana: Um, well, yeah.

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So I will say, uh, so ORKA is not
only an acronym, it's actually a

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Swedish verb that means to have
the energy to do something well.

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And the cool thing about, uh, FLY ORKA,
the acronym, is that that acronym is

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designed to build momentum- Mm-hmm … to
help improve faster, and it's linked to

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the flyorc- the Swedish verb, which is
basically having that momentum, right?

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Uh-huh.

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To that energy to keep,
to do something well.

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So it really links.

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So when you FLY ORKA, when you fly,
observe, record, uh, know yourself,

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and assess, you are building that
momentum to keep going, to keep going.

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Bill: Okay.

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Uh, yeah.

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That makes sense.

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Well, Adriana, thank you so much for
taking the time to talk with us today.

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It's a very interesting concept.

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I'll make sure everyone knows
how to reach your company and

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check out your application.

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but, really thought-provoking, and I think
it'll be helpful for not only students,

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but flight instructors like myself-

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Adriana: Yeah

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Bill: uh, to be able to be
thinking all the time about

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how you can keep that momentum.

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So thank you so much.

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Adriana: Likewise.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Let's have some fun, right?

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Bill: All right.

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Thanks.

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Adriana: Yeah.

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So here's what stuck with me.

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First, logging is not learning.

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You can rack up hours and still
not close the gap between where

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you are and where you need to be
because logging tracks time, not the

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actual learning or the reflection.

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Second, that reflection needs structure.

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Adriana's ORKA, observe, record, know
yourself, and assess, isn't a curriculum

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or something she's selling like that.

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It's a scaffolding for the
thing your brain is already

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trying to do after every flight.

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And third, make it visible.

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Make it shareable.

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Adriana waited her entire training
journey for real feedback.

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The fix isn't hoping that one instructor
says the right thing at the right time.

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It's building a feedback loop with
your instructor, your peers, even the

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people cheering for you on the ground.

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And one more thing, and
this isn't a sponsorship.

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I don't do paid endorsements.

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I told Adriana flat out I didn't
need anything for mentioning FlyORKA.

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She still wanted to offer
something to you all anyway.

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So code studentpilotcast, all one word,
gets you 15% off of FlyORKA for 12 months.

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She made 50 of them, so it's
first come, first served

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If this got you thinking about how you
debrief your own flights or FlyOrka

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has got you curious, reach out to me.

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Let me know how you debrief,
how you learn from your flights.

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Leave a voicemail through the
link in the show notes or drop

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me a line through the newsletter.

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I read every single one.

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So as you heard, Adriana told me
that ORKA is actually a Swedish verb.

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It means having the energy
to do something well.

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Not just doing it, doing it
well, on purpose, over and over.

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And that's kind of the whole point
of flight training, isn't it?

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So here we are, still
flying, still learning.

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So go a little ORKA this week