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As and when achievements...

For a while I've been meaning to put together a little compilation of "stuff that helped" while I was learning to fly. I got around to it in the end (almost a year after getting the PPL...) and the result is now here(PDF) .

It's less a...

I know i've read it here somewhere....but naturally now I can't find it.

After airlaw, what do people recommend as the next exam? I've heard both operational procedures or human factors.......but would be grateful for advice.

The team at FLYER knows how extraordinary that solo feeling is, and we’d like to help you celebrate with a special FLYER memento. If you sends us a photo of you with your solo aircraft, along with the date that you soloed, you can receive an email...

Dear pilot community,

I'm a 16 years old boy from Slovakia who lives in UK who is really interested in flying an aircraft. I currently study at college, however, I would like to become a pilot and after reading all those websites and forums about...

Im thinking of sitting my air law exam tomorrow, i also feel quite ready to sit operational procedures.
im a bit confused on how the sittings work, I'm aware that you have 6 sittings.
would you recommended sitting air law and ops in the same day...

I have my air law exam tomorrow,
any advice on last minute things to learn/advice on the actual exam?

Hey,

I'm new to this forum but I have been following it over the last 6 - 12 months and find it a valuable source of info, knowledge and advice. Now I finally have my EASA PPL I've decided to join, I wondered though what advice you might have for a...

Here goes...

I'm 34 years old, married with 2 young daughters and live in west central Scotland. I like most on here have been obsessed with planes and aviation all my life.

I've had a few trial lying lessons at both Glasgow and Prestwick...

Hi

So last weekend I finally did my first experience in a Cessna 172 3 months after it was bought for me (I was scared of flying and wanted to face my fear)

Absolutely amazing experience and now I want to do it again and look to earn my license

I...

When I thought I understood it, I set myself a challenge question and stumped myself :|

current course: o/b 330 Radial
desired course: o/b 10 Radial

D+30 = 320+30=350
New course = On the right o/b to o/b -> 350+10 (desired crs) = 360
This does...

Well, it's been a long 2 Years, and 4 months - but I finally completed my skills test. Still feeling a little bit shell shocked, to be honest - it's been a long road and there were definitely times I didn't think it was going to happen!

Doing all...

So, here's a question to glider pilots. I've met a guy at my club this weekend that has about 2h solo and 17 solos to his credit. According to him, he's struggling a bit with speed control on finals and coordination despite the instructors telling...

I sat my first exam this afternoon! was pretty nervous but I got a pass so will get stuck into some more next week.

have to say that the PPL tutor app was good for revision.

one down, eight more to go!

Hi All!

Have just had my first lesson today with another booked for Thursday (Obviously I'm hooked).
I've just joined the forum too so I thought I'd say hi!

I'm flying out of Fairoaks airport in Surrey, so if any of you guys and gals are local...

Hello, can you tell me something about preparation before start the atpl theory course? i am interested in physics and mathematics skills requirements of flight schools. my level is not enough in these subjects and how can i solve this problem?...

So, I had what could have been my final lesson pre skills test earlier today. Only it didn't go so well and now the test I had pencilled in has been bumped to another day in the near future (yet to be fixed). In an effort to provide others with...

Nothing particularly new in this but a useful summary I thought.

So dropped my log book, pass certificates and all the gubbins at the CAA on Tuesday 26th September, settled back for a possible 3 to 4 week wait and look what got delivered today:

Thank you CAA, now to the airfield.....

Hi, so I have 9 hours of flying so far, it all feels a very long way away!

I completed 7 hours in a PA38 Tomahawk and now i have moved to PA28 Warrior. Do you think this is a good idea or should I have stuck to the Tomahawk??

Hi all on the forum,

Im 15 years old and am starting flying lessons in a Cessna 172, and was wondering if using flight simulator x coupled with a joystick is in anyway useful towards my learning?

Hi All

I am an Australian living and working in the UK and just have a couple of questions:

1. Can I get my PPL while living here? I am on a tier 2 visa ( 5 years). I haven't been able to find anything that states otherwise which I am taking as a...

When I started my PPL training (recently) the conversation came up many times in the pub and at general social events, to the extent I did have to reign myself in a little in fear of becoming the pub bore (maybe too late for that...) but I was...

I have an upcoming RT practical and I've been asked to ensure I'm aware of a few specifics for the test, yet despite almost exhausting what resource I have at hand, such as CAP413, RT Guidance leaflet(s) , not forgetting the Pooleys Air Law &...

I'm very proud to say that after 8 months, 350+ modules of study and progress tests, 20,000+ question bank questions I've just received the final passes for my ATPL theory exams. What a lovely feeling.

I have a funny feeling I'm going to be waking...

I'm sure this has been answered, I did a quick search but couldn't find it - apologies if I've missed something.

Just wanted to check, before I put pen to paper, that there's no reason not to log a 'trial' lesson in my logbook along with my normal...

Hello,
My first post on this forum.
I have long wanted to learn to fly and get my licence. Having now saved up enough money to do it (I think), what companies would anyone recommend to get a really good instructor and get some good base experience...

So I started flying and logging hours in 2006, had a break and flew again in 2010/2011 and only last november did I pickup from where I left off due to financial and life events getting in the way on each occasion.

So now I am in a big rush as the...

Hi there,

I am ready to book my medical examination for my PPL. I have a question about my previous medical history. I am 21 but when I was 7 I had peti mal (absent seizures) but grew out of it when I was 9, will this stop me getting my PPL?
Kind...

Hello all,

PPL from the Americas freshly moved over to East Anglia, and I'm looking to familiarize myself with anything from the fields to the airspace over England. If anyone wants someone in the right seat or help on their N-reg airplane, I'm all...

Hello all,

I'd heard a few stories about the length of time the CAA could take to issue a license once you'd passed your skills test. This is a frustrating time as whilst you can fly solo (via your instructor), you can't take the people who've...

hello guys, so yesterday i took the cad test and failed it, turns out its red green colour deficiency here are my results

Red Green: 10.58

Yellow Blue: 1.00

i also failed the plates test just by one.

im wondering if there is anyway i can get my...

So post PPL most fly with GPS.

However we still teach paper/visual nav and as a back up position fixes. With the demise of NDBs and VORs on the horizon, how is the PPL Nav syllabus going to adapt? Discuss......

Hi everyone

Might be a stupid question but despite having several flying schools at the local regional airport they all use PA38s with a spare PA28 or two. Each has progressively higher fees. Roughly how much extra would it cost per hour (to the...

Hi All,

I am from Baldock in Hertfordshire, I was wondering can anyone recommend any schools in a reasonable distance from here?

All Help appreciated!

A possibly unusual query! For various reasons (too dull to go in to) it has taken me several years to get to the point now where I actually have the end in sight and have around 10 hours or so (and a few exams) before I get my LAPL. I've got so far...

Had an interesting moment on a recent flight with a new instructor. I'm about 30 hours in of which 8 has been solo, have done a few solo navs and a solo land away, all without too much drama.
In prep for QXC I wanted to fly one of the legs that I'd...

Ugh :?

thought I understood this, turns out I don't.

So, from Pooley's Air Pilot's Manual on Meteoroogy:

"On a given day the sea level pressure is 1013.2 hPa. The temperature at 3,000ft AMSL is given as minus 4C. The temperature difference...

This is in the context of pressure measurement in an aircraft for use by the ASI etc.

I have always considered Impact Pressure and Dynamic Pressure to be one and the same thing, pressure due to movement through the air and equals "half rho v...

Can anyone point me at the specifics for this? There are so many threads online that it's so inconclusive. Be great if I can put an overnight stop in it :D

Has anybody passed the skills test without doing a mock?

I am up against alot of admin issues and weather issues and I am worried about fitting required training in before end of September.

I am up against a deadline so I can credit hours gained...

So it's been a long time since I posted here, and it's been quite a long time for me to get to this stage - work and life committments and everything.

But after a mock GST on Friday, this morning I passed my actual GST (this is for an NPPL(m) in a...

I am thinking of buying a set of these with bluetooth.

has anyone got a recommendation of where to get them from?

I'm sure you old hands get pretty bored with these :)

But I'm pretty made up right now as with 5 hours 30 on the clock so far I got duped in to my first solo yesterday!

I appologise for the slightly fruity language but as you can imagine is was...

I'm 4 lessons in and in my last lesson I managed to fail to do even the simplest thing without making a complete pigs ear of it. To the extent that I detuned the radio rather than turning it off at the end of the lesson :oops:

Despite being 42 and...

Hi guys,

I'm going to start my licenses in the USA and then I want to convert in EASA. I have a question: is there a big difference between the IFR procedures in USA and the IFR procedures in Europe?
And, where could I learn IFR online, or mobile...

Can anyone suggest a good IFR workbook.
Questions at the end of each chapter to test what you learned.

Hi all,

My club has a brand new Tecnam P2002JF. It has an electric trim that I have found very difficult to use. Earlier I had manual trim (Grob 115B) and it was much easier to handle.

In Tecnam, one has to press the button for a while for it get...

In my 20s I had a go in a glider and then took a few lessons and then a course. It seemed to be going okay until I was handed over to the chief flying instructor. No matter what I did I could not satisfy him I could fly straight and level to the...

I have my first lesson booked for Wednesday!!!

what do I need to purchase?

is it worth buying this?