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I know it’s been done a thousand times over the years but the threads on this subject are slightly out of date.

Looking at completing my PPL from September onwards this year. I did x2 trial flights at Elstree and have picked my preferred school...

Could anyone recommend a school/instructor that teaches on a Thruster / XAir type, based South-East (Kent ideally)?

I've recently started flying lessons at Cambridge Aero Club, and since I've found these forums very helpful in figuring out where and how to start (e.g. MSGr's thread about costs), I thought I would say hi!

After having occasionally thought about...

Logging this here partly as a reminder to myself but also for any PPL students in or about to begin the navigation portion of their training: I've been using the Firgo IFR Simulator to mess around with radio navigation outside of my PPL training....

hi to everybody (less the unhappy ones),

I am in the course of gaining PPL(H) and I'll be abroad (Europe) for few months. Wondering if I can top up my log book while abroad - plenty of topics on the subject but none after Brexit.
Any info much...

Good morning all,

I recently picked up Air Pilot's Manual 3: Air Navigation for just £5 from ebay. It's in good condition but have noticed it is from 2003 - and I understand these manuals get updated quite frequently.

I will be using it to revise...

Am I missing something here? What's the significance of the bold and underlined format - I don't recall seeing it before

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w dspr bkn /ovc...
... cu sc V 015-030 /035-050

iso l (o cn l A1 a n d A2)...

... bkn...

Hi,

I am wondering if I invest time and money into training to get my CPL IR ME etc but not ATPL or (f)ATPL are there jobs for newly qualified for pilots?

I am in the lucky position where I have free time and some money to invest in training but...

Hi there!

Plenty of qs but trying to keep it short: how does it work after you've done the 40 hours for PPL? I understand the school needs to request for examination but what if you changed the school or you are training with an accredited...

Hi there!

PPLH student here.
Just wondering if the student is entitled to access to his progression folder.

Thanks! :D

Hi everyone, I'm right at the beginning of starting my journey to a PPL - medical is booked for a couple of weeks' time!

However I'm struggling to choose where to learn. I work away from home on Monday to Thursday, working from home on Fridays....

Just wondering what the rationale is behind LAPL being limited to adding VFR Night Rating but you cannot add IR?

I hear that Night Rating is better done with some IR (or IFR?) experience, so why not include IR on there?

Surely IR rating attached...

Hi all,

I'm curious as to what others make of this situation and what their thought and action processes would have been in my place. Hence this post.

It's a lovely blue sky day, winds are low if a little gusty, and visibility is good. I'm solo...

Does anyone know what the rules are around using your own (LAA permit) aircraft to do a PPL? (I’d be upgrading from a LAPL) I know the flying has to be done with an ATO but is there any impediment to use of one’s own aircraft? Also is there a...

I'm looking for Inspiration!

I've volunteered to come up with some form of words to go on certificates for First Solos. Now there must be some good examples knocking about so..... any suggestions?

I've been plotting more routes today with the CRP-1, using these iSquared Youtube videos often mentioned here as reference.

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They cover both the wind-up and wind-down methods, but I'm not sure why the latter requires so...

OK here's a question for folk learning about wind for the nav exam.

You are flying to another airfield for your £100 burger and coffee and you notice that you are drifting right of track by about 5deg and have a ground speed greater than you...

Hi! Up until about a month ago I was going in for my LAPL License but then a friend of mine advised me to try flying a Tri Axis Microlite, a C42 to be exact. God! I was impressed, I`m now hooked on the C42 now, I`ve had three one-hour lessons since....

Having to now start writing up my log book all by myself, i'm struggling to decide on a strategy.

Skydemon tell me when I took off and landed, the aircraft log, another set of hours, the tech log, exactly the take of and landing times, and the...

Seems a bit quiet in the student forum lately.

Have we just qualified a bunch of chatty students over the summer and the latest batch are lurkers/shy?

Is there a latest batch or is the cost of living crisis biting? The school I learned at seems...

Good morning everyone,

Just a quick update on progress. As mentioned a few weeks ago (and inserted into every conversation I have had with any human being ever since) I completed my first solo. Currently I am in a consolidation phase. Circuits...

Hi all,

Sat my final two exams today of the nine - passed one, failed the other (Nav) by one question!

I wasn’t confident with two of my answers to very similar questions, which were along the lines of the following:

If your heading is 165, and...

Posting here as I feel it's a student-esque learning-type question, but mods feel free to move if not appropriate.

Earlier today, I enjoyed a lovely flight from Rochester to Earls Colne return, routing over the river around the Western edge of...

Got bored yesterday ... Marked myself out as a target for fuel sabotage. Probably not CHIP compliant :lol:

Note having two Jerry cans isn't substitute for having an aircraft. Bit sad really, but money in the bank waiting for when the CT comes back...

I got this last night.

As of 04/09/2022 20:58 your application for Flight Crew Licensing is now at the following status: Application ready for assessment.

Unless the licence has been dispatched, further information will be emailed to you on...

Does a second solo count? :lol: I've had to change aircraft during training. I guess "check ride" might be a better phrase? Not sure.

I think my first solo in the CT2K was better. Despite briefing myself it would be floaty (one up) and...

It took four years almost to the day for the PPL to appear on the doormat last Thursday.

The CAA admin process constituted only a few weeks of those years to issue the 'special ticket', although that bit was still torture.

But finally : there it...

Hi

I have moved the thread into admin, apart from concerns about inaccuracies (I'll come back to that), it was heading in the direction of a pile on, and that's not acceptable in here or anywhere else.

There was also a couple of comments along the...

In the countdown to my skills test, I was back to basics and stalls.

However I really struggled with the temptation to use ailerons, in the clean stall when the break happened. My instructor kept suggesting I jam my elbow onto the door rest, but...

Current circuit training, pre-solo. Building up the emergency procedures practice. Passed my Air Law and Operational Procedures.

Cloudy with 20kt winds. Circuits could easily be replaced with wrestling. It was frustrating to say the least. If I had...

It finally happened!

Flying circuits this morning, after the fourth landing was offered a chance to go on my own! What an incredible feeling. It was a good circuit, and whilst not a greaser, it was a comfortable landing.

Gonna take days for the...

Microlight and the Navigation exam.

Will I still need to invest in a CRP-1 whizz wheel and know how to use it ?

Hi All,

Random question - but would you recommend sticking with one instructor only, or working with 1-2 instructors to to ensure availability and bit more flexibility?

Many thanks.

I may seem thick but I can't get my head around West is Best & East is Least. EG, say I`m flying 000 & the wind is blowing from 045/30, the WCA will be about +12*, seeing that I`m now going to be flying slightly into the wind, why do I fly...

As I reflect on my skills test, I thought i'd pen a few thoughts.

We spend hours learning skills, but in my mind not much on how to pass the skills. I got roasted during my mock for not 'staying ahead' of the plane during the nav section. Now given...

Rather remarkably I managed to pass my skills test today.

Accepting some low cloud around Cambridge, it was a great day to fly. The clean air clearly contributing to being able to fly straight and level for more that a minute or two. I successfully...

Just starting out on my ground school - have done first 3.

Am looking at Navigation now - what maps should I buy (am in Central England)

Many thanks.

Hi

I am just starting out on my GA journey and have started my PPL(A) lessons. I have been given good advice about good books and online resources like easyPPL & easyPPLgroundschool, but I was wondering if anyone knew of good resources on...

I have been looking on Ebay at Air Pilots manuals.

There is such a difference in price, older ones are much cheaper.

Is it OK to buy older ones (except perhaps Air Law) ?

Hi All,

I thought I would write up some detail of my skills test in the hope that it helps others in the same boat.
If anyone would like it, please let me know and I will send via DM

Although I dont post much, I have logged into this forum...

Interested to hear if anyone has any experience or opinions of doing your PPL at Blackbushe? Have spoken to the three schools there and been up with two of them, all seem to have their pros and cons. Struggling to make a final decision.

Anyone have access to any pro formers for the pre skills briefing. I'm sorted for the PLOG, but wouldn't mind something more refined for W&B, TODR & LDR type calcs.

Otherwise I'll create something in excel

cheers

Having been working flat out since recovering from the dreaded Covid almost two months ago, I'll admit I have struggled to keep up with updating the Class of 2022 Sticky at the top of the Student Forum.

I would think there were more achievements...

Forgive me if this is a much posted topic or stupid question (I got plenty). My search box fu came up with nothing, but as my wife would say "I couldn't find my own glasses even if I was wearing them. Google offered plenty of USA anecdotes, but...

Is Air Law for the LAPL much different to the Air Law for Microlights ?

I’m quite enjoying having a bit of new knowledge on meteorology but far from confident as yet. So, on my way home today, I saw the below and took a picture. I’m fairly sure it’s a nice example of a bit of TCU and to be avoided at all costs. Can...

Does anyone know where I can get Microlight training at Coventry airport

Dear Friends, and recently qualified pilots.

If you had to write down the 3 or 4 things you'd wished you'd rehearsed more before taking your skills test, might you share them ? And, what most surprised you about the test generally. I'm on t minus...

Hi all.
I am new to this flying (only 12 hours so far) - so was wondering if it would be cheaper to build some hours in Florida.

Hi.. I'm getting back into learning after a good old hiatus (depressingly I just saw one of my old qns.. from 4 years ago!)
I'm making pretty good progress I think, but I'm curious how people deal with last minute (as in: already over the fence, or...