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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Lesson 18 – Third Solo
On the way to the airport, the tree’s were swaying, flags at full stretch and my hopes of doing an hour solo were low. With an 8 knots maximum cross wind constraint of the flying school, it was not looking … Continue reading
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Tagged Cross WInd, Solo circuits, VH-IGX
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Lesson 17 – Second Solo
It was a long day at work on Thursday. At around 4pm I got a text from Adam to see if I’d managed to get a late afternoon lesson in a few days earlier. Unfortunately it was a no. On … Continue reading
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Lesson 16 – More Crosswinds
Today was suppose to be my second solo flight… The gods weren’t agreeing though. It was simple really, the Air Australia policy is that it must be 8 knots or less for a pre-GFPT student to fly. With a solid … Continue reading
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Lesson 15 – First Solo Flight – 7th March 2011 :-)
March 7th, 2011 was the day when I finally offloaded my instructor and took the skies alone. Fifteen hours on and I’m still smiling. A few weeks back when I didn’t get to go Solo, Steve said to me “Don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Cessna 152, First Solo, Flight, Jandakot, VH-IGX
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Lesson 14 – Solo Prep
Its been two weeks since I last flew. So this weekend I was determined to get it everything I could to try and go solo. The slight issue was that everybody else wanted to fly this weekend too. Anyway, I … Continue reading
Flight Simulator for Student Pilots at Home
Flight Simulators are used extensively by commercial pilots to do aircraft certifications, practice emergencies in situations where you’d never want to be in real life and of course to have fun. Where else could you do a low pass under … Continue reading
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Tagged Flight Sim, Flight Simulator, Mac, X-Plane
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