Author Archives: OzFlyer

Lesson 20 – Engine Failure – Forced Landing

Posted on April 18, 2011 by OzFlyer

Its been a whole week since I did this lesson and I’ve been thinking about what I was going to put into the blog entry. Being slightly on the “I can’t sleep right now frame of mind”, time to get … Continue reading →

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Lesson 19 – Steep Turns and Spiral Dives

Posted on April 9, 2011 by OzFlyer

Coming off the back of an afternoon of formation flying, I was left wanting to get my pilots license completed more than ever! It will open the door to a stack of endorsements which I have in mind. To name … Continue reading →

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Mooney Formation Flying

Posted on April 7, 2011 by OzFlyer

This flying caper is catching! The latest was the opportunity to join Kevin and the rest of his fellow “tragics” to go formation flying. It seems that at least every other weekend, Kevin and/or his mates are out formation flying … Continue reading →

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Lesson 18 – Third Solo

Posted on March 23, 2011 by OzFlyer

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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Lesson 17 – Second Solo

Posted on March 20, 2011 by OzFlyer

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

Posted on March 13, 2011 by OzFlyer

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 :-)

Posted on March 8, 2011 by OzFlyer

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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Lesson 14 – Solo Prep

Posted on March 6, 2011 by OzFlyer

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 →

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Flight Simulator for Student Pilots at Home

Posted on March 5, 2011 by OzFlyer

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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Solo? Not today…

Posted on February 19, 2011 by OzFlyer

The gods were against us today. It started badly, I woke with a sore head. Few too drinks the night before. Then when I got to the airport Adam says, we haven’t done weights and balance. Its a pre-requesite to … Continue reading →

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