Mon Mar 21, 2022 5:32 pm
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Day one completed
First up was a paperwork exercise to ensure I met all pre-requisites for the course and then straight into the FIC pre-entry flight test. Purpose of this is not only to ensure your flying is to a reasonable standard, but to see ensure you have additional capacity as this is the resource the FIC Instructor has at his disposal to tap into.
The profile we flew was out to the west. Climbing up to altitude. Some turns whilst talking through what I was doing. Steep Turns. Stalling. PFL, Go-around, EFATO after the PFL, standard overhead rejoin and then a no-flap landing back at base.
The FIC has picked up on the fact when I apply full power in the air I don't simultaneously apply right rudder. I apply right rudder after I have applied full power. Something I'll need to work on. Apart from that the rudder work was fine. Just the full power climbs. We'll also be doing a load of PFLs during the course so these will be ironed out also (always been one of my weaker areas).
Then it was into ground school and some basic principles of teaching/learning as well as running through a demo brief. Some homework tonight in preparation for our first session tomorrow.
I also need to think about a subject (anything, doesn't need to be aviation related) that I can use for my first presentation subject. Networking springs to mind as I'm familiar but I don't want to put my Instructor to sleep!
First up was a paperwork exercise to ensure I met all pre-requisites for the course and then straight into the FIC pre-entry flight test. Purpose of this is not only to ensure your flying is to a reasonable standard, but to see ensure you have additional capacity as this is the resource the FIC Instructor has at his disposal to tap into.
The profile we flew was out to the west. Climbing up to altitude. Some turns whilst talking through what I was doing. Steep Turns. Stalling. PFL, Go-around, EFATO after the PFL, standard overhead rejoin and then a no-flap landing back at base.
The FIC has picked up on the fact when I apply full power in the air I don't simultaneously apply right rudder. I apply right rudder after I have applied full power. Something I'll need to work on. Apart from that the rudder work was fine. Just the full power climbs. We'll also be doing a load of PFLs during the course so these will be ironed out also (always been one of my weaker areas).
Then it was into ground school and some basic principles of teaching/learning as well as running through a demo brief. Some homework tonight in preparation for our first session tomorrow.
I also need to think about a subject (anything, doesn't need to be aviation related) that I can use for my first presentation subject. Networking springs to mind as I'm familiar but I don't want to put my Instructor to sleep!