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hey guys i am 15 years old, and always wanted to be a commercial pilot. I have found some flying schools around me and I am thinking about taking lessons there. I plan on going to a university, there is one by me called Dowling Colledge. Would that...

Thinking of the 1000 people - 1000 metre clearance rule.

Its the Leuchars Air Show this weekend, and there will definately be more that 1000 people there.

Obviously the airplanes will not be flying over the crowd at less than 1000m, but they...

Good evening,

Just thought I should publish a big 'Thanks' to everyone who got involved in the Intensive USA PPL Course thread earlier this week. I've been amazed at the level of response to the thread and more so by the direct messages and...

In continuation of Captain Vicky's thread and whether one should try a VOR fix before calling 121.5, has anyone (apart from the well documented Steve Morley!) had to call when temporarily uncertain of position ? I am told they are very helpful (as...

after a pleasing navex with my FI to check that I can still do it, I've got my NFT booked a week Sunday.

I'm happy with the planning and flying, but I do have a couple of questions; probably daft.

To do the T-O and landing calculations, I'm...

Does anyone know of a good tutorial for getting the hang of this evil little critter? I've studied the explanations in the manual , in Pratt, and the solutions in the Confuser, I've even had my FI demonstrate it to me. Several times I though I'd got...

Hi. I'm sixteen years old and have recently completed my GCSE's. In these, I gained some A's, B's, C's and one D. This year, I am continuing to study towards my A-levels, which means I am currently doing physics, mathematics, English language and...

Helloooo. What's the story about having to do the Air Law exam before going solo? An instructor I know says it must be a club thing, and not necessary,

Is this correct?

Later. :wink:

Thanks for all the good luck and advice folks. Passed earlier on and have pretty much been in pub since :cheers: :D

I'll post a full write up of the day's events in the next day or so, stay tuned!

well i've wanted to learn to fly for about as long as i can remember,

im now 20, and am soon going to book my first couple of lessons to see if it live up to what im expecting it to be.

:think: :think:

Hi all

Well, it looks like I might just have enough dosh coming in to get me back to finish the training in about a month. However, as there are more than one way to skin a cat, thought I'd ask all the forumites what they would do...

1....

Hi,

I live in Bedfordshire. I am in the air cadets and hope to be a RAF pilot :D . I have had a one-hour private flying lesson in a tomahawk with another flying company called bonus aviation at Cranfield, I loved it so much that I want to continue...

Well,

After numerous weather cancellations the weather was fantastic last Thursday so off I went - Headcorn, Goodwood, Lydd and it went really well - I really feel a bit more like a pilot now!

Goodwood went well and had a treat when I landed...

Did the stalling exircise at the weekend for the first time and as many of you pointed out in my previous point, its a bit of a non-event! It was a great lesson on a clear warmish day, perfect for flying.

For a low hours student (upto 8hrs now)...

Not as momentous as the first, but definitely harder work! First off, I had a different instructor today, which meant a certain amount of getting used to each other. We started off with an EFATO on the take off from Enstone (not done one there...

Hi,

I'd like to take a training course to get the license to pilot helis. I have been looking through the web to a school where to take it, but it's hard to know which is good. Can anyone give me some guidance on good schools and well known...

It was a bit of a scrape through at 76%, but a pass none the less.

I let myself down on a few thngs.

Not getting my lines drawn on my charts exactly the same as the person who'd set the exam (I'd placed a line 1mm off the centre of an...

Being stuck at a boring conference and then whilst standing outside during a tea break, looking up and seeing a silver Tiger Moth flying over in a perfect blue sky :( :(

the CAA have, once again managed to annoy me, phoned up the CAA yesterday, only to hear from an automated voice that they don't work between 12-2pm so phoned back at 2, got put on hold for a very long time, then when i finally spoke to them they...

Lovely day in Coventry - Lovely day flying.

Instructor let me loose on my own out of the circuit. Can't really count it as a Solo nav ex. very basic route

Coventry - Draycot Water - South to some other lake - bit of bimbling - back to Draycot...

On my third solo NavEx today - was supposed to be going to Gloucester to one of the Flyer Fly-Ins I made my first serious weather decision today. And boy was it the right one.

See half-way down the page here:

And David Williams comment at the...

Does anybody have any URL's which describes the scope of the air law exam. I need to know everything that can be covered so that I can make sure I learn it properly.

Had a go at teh confuser whilst sat on the throne this morning and got...

did my 2nd solo navex on friday.

couple of circuits to check me out that i could still fly :?

then back to club house to check the plog i had prepared then sign a form which we had to go through(safety,who to contact etc)book the plane out then...

Just a quick question. Does anybody know whether airlines will count 2 AS Levels in different subjects as an equivalent to 1 A level. they like 2 a levels C or above would 4 AS C or above be accepted

And does anybody have any opinions on the AS...

Hi guys

Just about to sit the easy one, Human Factors.

Only question I have which is in the Confuser, but I can't seem to find reference to in mi book. The confuser explanation isn't helping is:

Assume that an in flight visibility of 5km...

Something that came up recently. Name the factors that get in the way of your lessons and stop you flying. I bet there are some bizarre ones out there?

I'll start you off:

weather

Ive started my nav diversions now.....found them a little bit of an overload, but i was successful in my diversions, even got a PFL on one of my diversions.....like the diversions wern't enough to handle! lol, probably why i picked the most...

After a week being about as earthbound as you can be (walking the Peddars Way and the North Norfolk Coastal Path) and two weeks withou flying, I was slightly nervous about doing a solo Navex (my third) today. But the weather and the Notams were...

I'm about to start doing some landaways in preparation for my QXC. My instructor told me I'll be doing Biggin-Southend-Lydd-Biggin.

We had planned to go to Lydd yesterday, the construction work was due to be starting today. However the...

For those still interested in that sort of thing, I've given my PPL Diary a much needed update. It includes photos and description of taildragging in Canada on hols, Old Buck Fly-in and navex ramblings.

Steve.

Being new to this flying marlaky I was wondering what gives and instructor the **** :furious: ?? After 7 hours I'm now starting on climbing/decending turns and more involved manovers and want to keep him sweet.

I don't mean experience related...

Hello,

I'm hoping to make my first trip through controlled airspace shortly (possibly tomorrow). I'm sure it'll be a non-event, but I would just like to check what the appropriate R/T is for requesting a transit. Other than MATZs (which I've done...

Hi All,

My next lesson is going to be stall recovery in a Cessna 172. Now I've had a look throught the section in the manual and it looks pretty full on with Stuka-like pictures of aeroplanes in death dives (to my eye!!).

The C172 seems a...

Blimey life gets busy sometimes! Hi folks, hope you're all okay. :-)

I have my skills test booked for tomorrow morning so am after the usual advice about the route - anything I may not have spotted etc. The route I should be flying is Barton...

Hi all ,

Heres what i have from my Saturday Lesson , by the way , i have a new instructor , so today was him mainly checking me out , so ...

We went out , he let me start up the enigine , while he did the walkaround this time. We got strapped...

I've just started Nav and my instructor's told me that once I've done 3 trips (plus any additional required) with him and suitable solo xc etc, I start preparing for the skills test. But what exactly does this involve?

Not sure if it's normal,...

Am going to do my IMC rating this autumn, only variable being whether to spend

I've been asked to plan Bourn - Wellsbourne- (o'head Leicester)- Nottingham (Tollerton) - Bourn this pm, with my FI.

Question is - between Leicester and Nottingham is the E Mids CTA from 1500 - should I expect to ask for (and get) clearance to...

instructor informed me yesterday that ive now completed the PPL syllabus, and that all i have remaining is my solo QXC, and solo time, only done 3hrs solo time, and then some skills test practise....

31hrs in the logbook! hopefully should be...

So I've passed my Skills test and night rating

Passed my R/T

Ground school exams

and have my class 2 medical

Exactly which forms do I need to send to the CAA ?.

Had a great lesson at Biggin today. Second time up in the circuit, on 29 with quite a strong headwind. It got *very* interesting at times, but apart from one bounce I managed to complete all the t+g's successfully without going round.

The bounce...

I have one possibly two seats available on Saturday to a forumite fly in at Gloucester from Bournemouth if anyone is interested

Rob S

Thought I'd just say 'Hi'

Just joined the forum, I'm new to this stuff, thats on both counts foruming and flying. Been reading some of the posts and as I expected there is lots of very intresting information, but there is also lots of laughs....

did my 1st solo navex on friday :D

after losing much sleep over the unknown all went well and not as nervous as i thought i would be.

except before the flight i completely forgot how to use the whizz wheel :shock:

plog sorted once i got my...

Had a whizzywheel arrive in the post this morning (or rather I tripped over it on the doormat when I got home from work).

Anyway , I'll jsut have a quick looky before I have tea says I. It's only a little instruction booklet, I'll just have a...

Is it better to learn to fly in UK slowly but surly at a cost of about 6k or better to learn in Florida quickly at a cost of about 4k, if money wasn

Mucho confusion!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What do I have to do to attain a CPL?

The only courses that I can find relating to the CPL are as part of the ATPL.

I have no interest in attaining an ATPL but I would like to go for the CPL followed by a FI...

I am current looking for a 'starter' headset for around

Up in the circuit again today after a fair few weeks off with weather and instructor being on holiday. As usual with a longer than normal gap a couple of bad habits crept back. Main offence--chasing the airspeed instead of picking a pitch and...

Hi everyone.

This may sound like a 'silly' question...

To choose between Denham and Elstree which is an easier airport to learn in? The reason I ask is I live in between the 2 airfields and was wondering which is more suited for learner in...