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Got the plane booked all day for a landaway (weather dependant). Not too far, maybe Blackbushe, Goodwood or if weather fantastic, Caernarfon (ho ho ho!).

Me and the next door neighbour going, definitely room for one more and a go in the front....

Phew .... really chuffed with a pass .. took all the time available 'cos I double checked each question. One really dodgy trick question in there - it got me suckered!

Flight Planning next for me.

S.

Not a List-originated question but one from Rufus and I. Fairly easy this week. I wrote the question, so some artistic licence may apply, but the crux is a valid one. Same rules apply - those eminently qualified PPLs, keep schtum. See rubric on:...

my ear could not be any closer to the ground on this matter.

although non complete PPL yet, I desparately want to go commercial and the ever troubled vortex that is money is a serious issue and if I can't get sponsorship i don't know what to do?...

Thinking of buying a David Clark H10-13.4 headset, however I am aware that certain headsets do not function too well with certain radios/intercoms.

Would this be a good buy if I am to be renting mainly old PA28's after obtaining the PPL ?...

I've just come back from Exercise 9, learning to turn

After a few gentlish 30 degree turns the instructor decided to show me a 60 degree turn and how much back pressure was needed on the controls. We pulled two G's :shock: ! Makes me realise...

Onto the nav exercises in my PPL training now.

Had a lovely nav ex on Tuesday in gin clear visibility but heading and altitude kept wandering. Yesterday another nav ex in what was said to be 10km but seemed more like 3 km and I seemed to have...

Come on Julian - spill the beans

Why have you got a six foot grin on your face?????

Jenni

I have just taken my colour vision test at CAA Headquartes Gatwick but I failed the lantern test as I was so nervous I said the wrong colour!! Does anybody know if I can appeal against this decision and if so how??!!

I intensely dislike having to learn lists, especially when they can easily be looked up, so I had to come up with a way of remembering them that made sense to me. Some of these may be useful for others, many no doubt will not!

So following on...

:shock:

What's the correct answer! With regards to a particular question in the PPL Confuser and Oxford Aviation's Navigation CD-Rom i.e.

Q. Secondary surveillance radar (SSR) information is:-

PPL Confuser correct Answer: displayed on the same...

Is it me or do loads of GA types let a good whiff of exhaust into the cabin? I have had headaches from flying in a variety of types (PA28, C172, Pitts with open cockpit) and it was with total delight I stepped out of a C152 recently with a clear...

Hello All. I have just started to learn to fly but I am a bit worried about my choice of School.

From my books I was expecting a certain amount of good organisation and so on but it took me a week just to book the first lesson (nobody ever...

Oh God, I feel such a twit. :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Doing consolidation today, I managed to severely dent my pride, scramble the crash/recovery crew and a few additional fire engines/ambulances and police cars in the local area......... I don't...

There's a good thread on PPRuNe at the moment in which people are telling their personal tales of near cock-ups that they've done. There's some good stuff in there, but there's also a depressingly recurring theme where people are terrified of...

Just thought I'd say hello :)

Had my very first lesson on Wednesday (well, trial lesson, really, but I hope it'll become the first of many...). Went out and bought every flying magazine in the shop afterwards :roll: , the devouring of which led...

When you start flying cross-countries it is easy to lose track of your position. I commend the explanation of how to work out your position given here which is a model of clarity.

I failed my Air Law exam today, and am going to have to retake.

I went in feeling pretty confident - I'd been getting an average of about 90% on the AirQuiz webpage, and wasn't finding the Q + As in the Pratt books too tricky - but boy did I find...

The return of JIM.

I was to fly with the CFI in the same aircraft as last week. Nervous, yes, but with iron resolve...(well, maybe jelly-like resolve...)

Three dual circuits and on the final one, I did the full stop and taxied off (I needed...

Hi I am going to be leaving college soon with an A level in Geography Maths and Physics and an AS in spanish, If you were me would you

a) Look for part/full sponsorship from every airline you can as soon as my results come out

b) Go to...

I had a pretty cool lesson today at EGNX. I shared the runway with 6 shiney new (well matt green) Apache Attack choppers today. I was given line up and wait while in front of me, The Apaches (Callsign Carnage ) were hover taxiing onto R27, Three...

Having done all the exams incl. RT and QXC I managed this morning to come within one-sixteenth of an inch of throwing in the towel. Everything just fell to pieces today. Aviating

Hi all

Just done my Air Law Exam (first one I've done) and was wondering if there is a preferable route through the exams? I've got an RT course mid april so wasn't going to do Comms until then. Is there a good one to do second?

Cheers

Well, the answer to that is me, I damn well hope, amongst all the others! But which others?

OK chaps and chappeses. The time has come to predict if you are still going to be a student by the end of the summer or will have joined the exalted ranks...

:? Any tips / where to look / study aids....

With regards to the PPL Navigation exam, going through the PPL Confuser I having trouble understanding calculating off track corrections. I'm not sure if the PPL Confuser is refering to the 1 in 60...

Hi all,

Apologies in advance if this is a really silly question.

I am just about to go out to the US to take my PPL (A). Hopefully once I have achieved this I would then also like to go on and learn to fly Helicopters. Are there elements of...

Wonder if I'll get to go. Lesson booked for 0900, EGCC (Manchester) long range TAF doesn't look too good to me (pessisimist when it comes to these things innit)

EGCC 041559Z 050018 VRB03KT 9999 SCT025 TEMPO 0010 3000 BR MIFG PROB30 TEMPO 0309...

Hi

Whilst looking at my book (Thom) collection and wondering which to really focus on next (and realising it absolutely should be Nav)...

I realised I am a number missing...

No. 5.. Do I need this for my PPL? Is this another exam I wasn't...

Went solo today ... for the second time.

First was April 2001, which was then followed by a long long time of forced abstinence, so the grin is back on my face after an hour in the circuit solo again. And was faced with orbiting for a Tomahawk in...

Well as some of you know, I started my PPL a few weeks ago after many years of work, then uni to get in a position where I was more 'employable' with the airlines.

I've got a meeting on Sat with my bank to see about a 'Professional Studies'...

Wx permitting flying somewhere on Saturday not sure where - possibly picking up David Williams (or he may drive down) so got another spare seat (in the back cause although he doesn't know it yet he will be navigating) if any of you studes want to...

Hello,

For some years now, Rufus Heald has been posting weekly questions on the FLYER e-mail list .

I have Rufus Heald's Question of the Week archive on disk. Initially for a trial period and hopefully each week, I'm going to use a sample of...

I am some way throu my ppl currently with east midlands flying school and would like to ask anybody for advice of what to do after. e.g. hour building or a career path in flying. This is something i have always wanted to do and at 27 is it too late...

I have recently signed up for AirQuiz which I find very helpful for my final stages of revision for Air Law.

However one of the questions has got me wondering...

You are approaching an aerodrome at an altitude of 2370 ft, with QNH 1021...

I made my first radio calls during my latest lesson which apprently caused me to spontaeously forget how to speak the English language. :?

I'm sure it will come with practice but in the absence of an aeroplane to practice in, any recommendations...

I passed my Nav exam today :D :D :D

It was the new 25 questions, 4 options exam. I got 76% which is not as good as I wanted, but I guess a pass is a pass. A couple of my wrong answers were Stupid mistakes :oops: , which really annoyed me :x . I...

Hey all

Just wondered if anyone had any tips on post-PPL, pre-CPL hour building, apart from going to Florida etc.

Do anywhere do discounts for block bookings of hire time? Is it better to have a part share in an aircraft? If anyone in Barton...

Hello

Can anyone tell me what M00/// means....

I think its to do with temp and dew point?

Thanks

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The first initial events of a wake vortex would be panic and lots of roll and pitch, remember what happened when a American airlines A300 flew behind the departure of a 747 in November 2001? Yeah he used too much rudder to compensate pitch, roll,...

just thought i would ask if anyone has taken the new navigaiotn exam,i have heard they now ask 25 questions instead of 20 still only 1 hour though.also is the green confuser still relevant? :?

I'm only a few lessons into my training, but already I seem to have developed a healthy obsession with the weather. I guess this stems from having 3 of the 6 lessons I've booked so far cancelled due to various adverse conditions (today - snow on the...

Just got back from the field, a great days flying, stall recovery is a lot easier than slow flight ;) Wrote up my diary and am enjoying a nice cold beer in the sun. Life cant get much better than this :D

Next day is introduction to the circuit,...

Hey all

Just thought I'd keep you updated. Had my second lesson today, exercises 4 & 5. Was supposed to have ground school, but the weather was good so chanced a call to see if there was an aircraft available. To my joy, some guy had just...

It just never occurred to me that I might not be as much at ease in the RH seat as in the LH one. But I must admit that the different perspective and the controls and instruments being

No, I'm not using it as a definitive learning book, just as a final check before exams. :D

Just want to check if anyone knows which one is valid. Black or green?

Thanks all

Oh yeah, it's the Confuser by the way :D doh!

I am currently reading ex 10b (standard stall, and recovery procedure)

I don't understand the relationship between angle of attack and airspeed relative to the stall. I don't think Thom does a very good job of explaining it either, maybe it will...

Not flying unfortunately, but just passed all the eyesight tests at my opticians for the class 1 medical. :D Do these get done again at Gatwick?

I've just completed 5 hours towards UK PPL in Scotland :D , and am just realising all the hidden costs (medicals, memberships etc). In trying to cut costs as much as possible(and who isn't), I was wondering if any other members have successfully...

Hello all

Well finally got back up in the air yesterday at Sherburn....

What luvly people...

Anyway, being used to Biggin Hill and all the strictness of full ATC it was quite a significant difference speaking to Sherburn Radio. (who got a...

thought id ask being a student pilot of 16 hours is it worth me investing in my own headset at this stage?if so can anyone recommend a cheap set as funds are being stretched at the moment.im not bothered about brands at this stage,or does anyone...