I'm Nick Rae — commercial pilot, AMEL/IR, 369 hours and counting.

I went from zero flight experience to a Commercial Pilot Certificate in 14 months at 44 years old. Not because I'm a natural. Because I studied obsessively and figured out what actually works.

V1 Ventures is the result. I build ACS-aligned workbooks designed to develop real pilot judgment — not checkride memorization. Every question maps to what your DPE is actually evaluating. Every scenario is the kind of thing that shows up in the oral.

Two books have been published. More coming.

If you're grinding toward your PPL or instrument rating, these workbooks will get you there faster and more confidently than anything else on your study desk.

Fly safe. Study hard.

— Nick