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Congratulations to my hubby Mark who passed his PPL(H) skills test yesterday :-)

Now you are licensed to thrill (and learn!) ;-)

Time for some more champagne I feel!!

WhirlyGirl

Hi All,

What makes a good flying school?

Well although I'm ashamed to admit it I'm on my 3rd school and I still don't know if the choice is right!

I started with one of the bigger more well known schools and I really got the impression that...

Doctor, Doctor, I just can't stop reading NOTAMS! :shock:

Is it just me or are NOTAMS really interesting?

just me then.... :roll:

Anyone else out there with such weird obsessions?

adambro

Well,

After a busy fortnight of flying and ground exams, today I took, and passed, the PPL skills test. Its been frustrating at times but although it hasnt really sunk in yet it has been worth it. Many thanks for all the help and advice given by...

I've got the Tommy for 3 hours on Saturday AM (which probably means about 2hrs real time). As there are no FI's available to go up with me I thought I might bimble over to Thruxton as its only 20mins away (or possibly White Waltham).

Just...

Had a long chat with the nice peeps at Flying Hut last weekend, have to say they were extremely friendly and helpful. Showed me round the place, went through various training options etc,etc. Let me sit in one of the a/c, and I got to caress a...

First lesson in the circuit, I'm P/UT.

I take off.

FI demonstrates a touch and go.

My first attempt at t+g we go around

My second attempt at t+g we go around

My third attempt we call t+g and I get it on the ground but not enough runway to...

During your Cross country - probably the same one as we have been on recently you decide to take advantage of a VOR which lies close to your intended track. You dial up the frequency and being well trained, you switch on the audio. The Beacon ident...

The subject is 'Washout'.

What is it, what does it do for the aerodynamics, with regard to both lift and drag and how does it affect the handling of the aircraft?

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Got a package today. My log book, together with a little brownish wallet, and a slip of card. It claims to be a Private Pilots Licence (Aeroplanes), although a little hard to believe looking at it!!!

The nice surprise is that the CAA took 5 days...

I have a friend part way through her PPL training in the UK, but she is not able to get a consistent run at the lessons, and is thinkin of going to the USA (probably Florida) to finish off her JAR PPL. This question I know has come up many times...

I'm having real problems remembering the light signals that you can (potentially) receive from the control tower.

ie white light, flashing white light, green light, flashing green light, etc...

Is there any easy way to remember it?

Any...

When I first started flying in 1996 my instructor got me to list exercise numbers for each flight I performed. Given the quantity of Ex 12 & 13 entries I believe this is referencing circuits. Does anyone have a list of what all the other exercises...

At last, after 5 weeks of waiting for the weather, I finally did the Cross Country Qualifier today :D

East mids to Turweston for a cup of tea, then Cambridge for a Coffee then back to EMA for a beer!!

All went well, there was a cross wind to...

Hey, started my PPL having a great time, but now its time for my first exam bought the Air law book air pilots manual.

Anyone that has passed it any tips? im sitting it in the next 3 weeks i think?? alot of info to be taken in!!

This online book came up in a conversation with David Williams (so thanks David) and thought I'd share it with fellow students.

Little bit heavy on the theory in places but well-written nonetheless and a useful source for some of those Why...

Hi All

just checking to see if my lesson this afternoon is on - as if :(

part of the info section on the weather page has the following

info:

A GRASS TWY O/O/S

RWY WET WET WET

THUNDERSTORM WRNG VALID 20/2000

AFS FIRE CAT 5

I...

Rumour is rife that one of the flying schools at EGKA has been closed down. It's not relevant to me as a none student, but what about the people who are students there? If they can't get their records back for any reason, how does this effect the...

Had my first lesson on the circuit today, at Biggin using runway 29 right hand.

All I can say is - CRIKEY :shock:

I'm currently having a counselling session with my friend Stella to try and cool my brain down which is feeling well and truly...

Looking at the AFE VFR flight guide I notice the lat and long are given in a decimal format, ie,

Blackbushe is listed as

lat 5119.43

long W00050.85

Does anyone know the formula for converting this into minutes and seconds? ( I know the...

passed my skills test today! all i have to do now is give the CAA

Passed RT Theory today - 90%

Practical at end of September - Examiner off Sick

only Met and Technical to go

:D :D :D :D

Well thats it all out the way

Skills Test (completed)

QXC (completed)

Ground school exams (completed)

R/T Theory (completed)

R/T practical (completed)

Night Rating (completed)

All in the hands of those good CAA people now.

Feels great

Did it all take you to gain your PPL, or to get to the X amount of time your at just now!

I started thinking about flying lessons in November 03, never got my first lesson until 15th Feb 04, then problems with finance and aircraft availability...

I am taking a trial flight with Firecrest Aviation (Elstree) tomorrow (07/08/04) and I was wondering if anyone else here flies with them and has any comments on them.

Thanks

Hurray, had my first 3 CPL lessons last weekend. Felt damn good to be making real progress towards becoming a pro. Hopefully should have my CPL in 5 weeks time. If anyone is interested, I'm happy to keep a 'diary' on here of the course..... might be...

I see I've just been promoted from a mere Registered user to a Junior Forumite :shock:. And we've now got Forumites and Sad Forumites to boot. Isn't technology wonderful! :wink:

HotelGolf

What's the minimum number of hours to get to Forumite...

Hi,

Could anyone who has recently taken the Radiotelephony theory exam let me know whether all the questions weighted equally? I'd heard that the last question is a question on emergency calls, and that this had more points - but perhaps this was...

A pointer to the 'For Sale' section of the Forums:

I have 2 DVDs for sale:

Taming Stalls and Spins

Take-offs and Landings Made Easy

Steve.

Long way away yet, but say I wanted to fly to Anglesey for a weekend trackday, are there any suitable landing locations near the circuit? I'm guessing RAF Valley would not be very receptive to a C152 bimbling in asking to land. :lol:

I went to our local county show the other day. This annual gathering of cows and wobbly craft stalls takes over half of Haverfordwest airfield annually, and one of the based outfits taken the oppotuinty to make a bit of extra cash by whirling...

Morning fellas

Does anyone know of a website on navigation theory?? I've had a look on google but have come up with nowt??

Thanks in advance

Gaz

Under what circumstances can a flight transit controlled airspace without talking to the governing ATC body?

I'm willing to put myself up for public ridicule and humiliation so other students can hopefully learn from me and not make the same mistake I did.

Whilst preparing my flight log for my first solo navex I calc'd the w/v as 170/15 and drew a...

Did the written RT on Sunday - passed.

Then the RT Practicle on Monday morning - that was interesting , but passed.

So that's another milestone.

Now hoping for the weather to do my QXC this week.

Steve

Inspired by Vicky D ;0

What will be the result if you have water in the fuel. (And don

finished solo consolidation on sunday and passed HPL exam aswell.

first solo navex this friday so my FI says,

gotta be honest im bricking it already! :?

waking up thinking im lost :shock:

Can anyone who's been authorised by an examiner mark PPL exams? for example and 18yo PPL?

I finally got my finger out and ordered my whizz wheel....

A quick question regarding it, what sort of markers is advised to use? Ive been told not to use permanent as in the long run it makes it look grobby....

I desided to confuse myself...

My wife saved me

Hello All,

I don't post here on a regular basis, but I thought now might be a good point to start, seeing as though I had my first lesson yesterday.

I got to Denham 30mins before kick-off and got the formalities out of the way i.e. payment...

Well I couldnt call it a first solo, since I already have a GA licence, put today I soloed for the first time on a flexwing microlight after 18hrs of trying to get used to the reverse control system!

Went for a circuit session after not having...

Well I did it ! At 17:55 today, I lined up on Runway 23 at Coventry with nobody sat in the right hand seat.

I had thought about this moment so many times during my training with a mixture of excitement and dread and was surprised at how calm and...

I desided to take a week off work, and head to a groundschool to help assist in my PPL theory, mostly due to the lack of time i have....I was finding it difficult to study each subject with my current schedual....

So i desided to take a week off...

I flew in one of the Hawker Hunters at Kemble today! I'd been looking forward to the flight since April and have been counting the days.

Everybody at Delta Jets was so very friendly and went out of their way to make me feel welcome (many thanks...

:? Hi forum. When starting out on your ppl - why is there a choice between flying a high wing aircraft or a low wing aircraft? My club have both - I am leaning toward the Cessna 172 - because of the great view DOWN :shock: out of the side window!...

Hi

Can someone explain this please:

An aircraft as loaded has a weight of 702kg, a total moment of 77220 and a CG of 110 cm aft of datum. If 95 litres of fuel, with a SG of 0.72, are loaded at a point that has a lever arm of 97cm, what is the...

Air law? Sure :)

What aircraft documents MUST be carried in an aircraft which is proceeding from A to B?

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Hello everyone - are there any clubs in the UK that cater for a 21 day ppl like those in the US? I'm sure I haven't seen any ads in the magazines???

Thanks in advance.

ps. First lesson is next week :shock: probably not the right time of year...

Hope the mod's don't mind me posting this, but there seems to be a lack of students who would like to grab a spare seat on the Fly-In pages. For those that are interested...........

See the Bembridge Fly-In 24th October and stick your name down...