Unrestricted instructor
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basic stuff
If you are un restricted you CAN send people on a first solo and first solo cross country.If you are restricted you cannot. You must supervise 25 solo's and have 100 hours total instructing before you can apply for the resiriction to be removed. Plus you must be supervised by a un-restricted instructor.Its in LASORS and there are probably some other small bits of stuff that go with it.
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ah!
Apart from staying legal....The type of wetaher you fly in is directly related to your qualifications, experience level and mostly, plain common sense.Its so difficult to put a definition on it.Sadly, weather kills private and commercial pilots alike. Never take weather for granted.
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In two days on my 16th hopefully. My ordinary instructor is restricted, so i have to go up and demonstrate to an unrestricted instructor that i can actually do it. The weather forecast shows a ten knot wind pretty much down the runway, and some cloud.
Feeling nervous about it not happening, and the general prospect if it does happen.
Feeling nervous about it not happening, and the general prospect if it does happen.
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From: Hotel this week, hotel next week, home whenever...
Visibility / Gusts / Crosswinds
Put...
When I'm looking to send someone solo for the first time, I am interested in all aspects of the weather - specifically the winds, crosswinds and gusts. I am also thinking about the in-flight visibility (specifically into the low sun!) and cloudbase.
I wouldn't get too hung up on forecasts - thats just what they are, a best guess. Usually they can be fairly accurate, but sometimes they can be way off the mark.
If 10 knots is coming straight down the slot, my main consideration is that the student is handling the prevailing conditions. If the student can't hack it, then I'm not risking my licence just to keep a 16th Birthday smile.
Just relax, fly the way you have been taught and if you're good enough, it'll happen. Good luck.
When I'm looking to send someone solo for the first time, I am interested in all aspects of the weather - specifically the winds, crosswinds and gusts. I am also thinking about the in-flight visibility (specifically into the low sun!) and cloudbase.
I wouldn't get too hung up on forecasts - thats just what they are, a best guess. Usually they can be fairly accurate, but sometimes they can be way off the mark.
If 10 knots is coming straight down the slot, my main consideration is that the student is handling the prevailing conditions. If the student can't hack it, then I'm not risking my licence just to keep a 16th Birthday smile.
Just relax, fly the way you have been taught and if you're good enough, it'll happen. Good luck.
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Solo
Just relax with it. You will find that when you are solo for the first time, things should just fall in place. Like most students then, you won't want a moody, picky FI sitting next to you and will look forward to the solo stuff.
Or that could just be my old students!
Remember LOOKOUT and SPEED.
Or that could just be my old students!
Remember LOOKOUT and SPEED.
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From: Sussex
Like most students then, you won't want a moody, picky FI sitting next to you and will look forward to the solo stuff.
...cant wait until he gets out now 
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From: Deepest Warwickshire
VNA apologies if this sounds rude as I don't know your background, but is the figure in your SOP manual? Ours is 35 knots, including gust component. There are more restrictive limits for students etc
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From: Deepest Warwickshire
Hi
Did your school never brief you on what an operations manual is and how to use it? I find this shocking if you have done a CPL/IR
Doesn't the school (FTO) have to have a student record containing a section, where they sign you off to say you have been shown and have knowledge of various procedures, including the ops (SOP) manual?
BR
Did your school never brief you on what an operations manual is and how to use it? I find this shocking if you have done a CPL/IR
Doesn't the school (FTO) have to have a student record containing a section, where they sign you off to say you have been shown and have knowledge of various procedures, including the ops (SOP) manual?
BR
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