Category Archives: cessna 152

Lesson 28 – Precautionary Search and Landing

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

What was mid-may, we went out and did Precautionary Search and Landing practice.  Basically what this lesson is about is if you find yourself in a situation where the visual conditions have deteriorated to the point where it is no … Continue reading →

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Lesson 27 – Performance Circuits

Posted on May 15, 2011 by

Yesterday I was lucky enjoy to tag along with the JATA (Jandakot Airport Tragics Association) boys on a lunch run to Jurien Bay. It was 3 Mooney formation. Once again it left me busting to be behind the controls flying … Continue reading →

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Lesson 25/26 – First and Second Training Area Solo Flights

Posted on May 8, 2011 by

A beautiful day in Perth today set the backdrop for for an even better day of flying.  Arriving at Jandakot Airport today for my scheduled 8am flight, I was straight out to do my pre-flight checks.  There was an eager, … Continue reading →

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Video for Lesson 21 – Cross wind landing practice at Rottnest Island

Posted on May 6, 2011 by
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Lesson 20 – Engine Failure – Forced Landing

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

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 18 – Third Solo

Posted on March 23, 2011 by

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

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 15 – First Solo Flight – 7th March 2011 :-)

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

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

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

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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