Advanced Flight Grading
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Advanced Flight Grading
For the record, this is what happens to those doing Advanced Flight Grading. I haven't done it myself, the information comes from research. Have a look and take the usual pinch of salt with it. Tasks are:
1. Aptitude Tests
You are required to do two tests: one for eye-hand coordination, and one for pattern/sequence recognition. I heard these tests are even more basic than the ones in the Initial Test (only people who do Stage 1 in HKG do the Initial Test).
2. Grob115 Sorties
You have three sorties. You will basically need to do all flight maneuvers that would give you a pass in the Australian GFPT. They will ask you to do these maneuvers without demonstrating first, with the exception of wing-overs. If they are not satisfied with something, they will tell you and you are required to correct the "mistake" and keep "corrected" through the remainder of grading.
These maneuvers are:
Basic Aircraft Control (straight and level, climbs, descents, all types of turns)
Stalls
Steep-turns
Wing-overs
Practice Forced Landing/Emergency Landing
Precautionary Search and Landing
Full circuits
3. Beechcraft Super King Air B200 Flight Simulator
You do three simulator sessions in the B200 flight simulator, basically they will teach you some basic IF and you will be expected to "fly" the simulator competently.
The IF you will be asked to do are as follows:
Instrument Basic Aircraft Control
Stalls
Steep-turns
VOR, NDB intercepting and tracking
RMI point-to-point navigation
ILS approach (straight-in)
Typically advanced grading takes about 1 week to complete. Please feel free to correct any mistakes I might have made, or make updates to outdated information. Otherwise, good luck!
1. Aptitude Tests
You are required to do two tests: one for eye-hand coordination, and one for pattern/sequence recognition. I heard these tests are even more basic than the ones in the Initial Test (only people who do Stage 1 in HKG do the Initial Test).
2. Grob115 Sorties
You have three sorties. You will basically need to do all flight maneuvers that would give you a pass in the Australian GFPT. They will ask you to do these maneuvers without demonstrating first, with the exception of wing-overs. If they are not satisfied with something, they will tell you and you are required to correct the "mistake" and keep "corrected" through the remainder of grading.
These maneuvers are:
Basic Aircraft Control (straight and level, climbs, descents, all types of turns)
Stalls
Steep-turns
Wing-overs
Practice Forced Landing/Emergency Landing
Precautionary Search and Landing
Full circuits
3. Beechcraft Super King Air B200 Flight Simulator
You do three simulator sessions in the B200 flight simulator, basically they will teach you some basic IF and you will be expected to "fly" the simulator competently.
The IF you will be asked to do are as follows:
Instrument Basic Aircraft Control
Stalls
Steep-turns
VOR, NDB intercepting and tracking
RMI point-to-point navigation
ILS approach (straight-in)
Typically advanced grading takes about 1 week to complete. Please feel free to correct any mistakes I might have made, or make updates to outdated information. Otherwise, good luck!
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Yeah, being proactive is very important for any prospective cadet pilot. I was just wondering if you could give us some hints, from the perspective of someone who has been there and done that? Is there anything we can do to prepare for grading?
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
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Sure is!
To be honest, there isn't a lot you can do to prepare, just have a look into the aircraft you would be flying on grading and just go ready for hard work, but make the best effort to enjoy your time there too! The best advice i could give would be, just be yourself, don't pretend to be someone else to impress them, they will see through it and won't like it! Just give it your best, if you do that, then no matter what the outcome, you know you couldn't have done anything to change it
To be honest, there isn't a lot you can do to prepare, just have a look into the aircraft you would be flying on grading and just go ready for hard work, but make the best effort to enjoy your time there too! The best advice i could give would be, just be yourself, don't pretend to be someone else to impress them, they will see through it and won't like it! Just give it your best, if you do that, then no matter what the outcome, you know you couldn't have done anything to change it
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Hey guys,
Is the above information still correct? I heard that the grading takes two weeks. Can anyone shed some light on what exactly is the flight grading schedule, how many hours we fly on what plane, and how I should prepare the best?
Thanks
Is the above information still correct? I heard that the grading takes two weeks. Can anyone shed some light on what exactly is the flight grading schedule, how many hours we fly on what plane, and how I should prepare the best?
Thanks
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AB flight grading is only one week.
Does anyone know about the AB flight grading for those who have more than 20 hours flight experience but less than 250 hrs will do the same advance grading as mentioned by Holdmetight earlier in this post?
Does anyone know about the AB flight grading for those who have more than 20 hours flight experience but less than 250 hrs will do the same advance grading as mentioned by Holdmetight earlier in this post?
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As of May 2012:
Basic Grading: 0-10 Hours Experience
4 Flights in Grob covering basic maneuvers & Aptitude
Intermediate: 10-30 Hours Experience
4 Flights in Grob covering basic maneuvers and PSL. Aptitude
Advanced: 30+ Hours Experience
3 Flights in Grob covering basic maneuvers, PFL, Circuits (normal & glide), and advanced aptitude. THEN...3 Sim sessions covering what holdmetight mentioned earlier.
Basic Grading: 0-10 Hours Experience
4 Flights in Grob covering basic maneuvers & Aptitude
Intermediate: 10-30 Hours Experience
4 Flights in Grob covering basic maneuvers and PSL. Aptitude
Advanced: 30+ Hours Experience
3 Flights in Grob covering basic maneuvers, PFL, Circuits (normal & glide), and advanced aptitude. THEN...3 Sim sessions covering what holdmetight mentioned earlier.
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Love the detail, I know nothing about ILS or the grob, I'll see if I can find any information regarding topics and units for the advanced grading.
If anyone has any more information or reading material that would ease pressure on those showing up for advanced grading, please so share.
Thanks again for the info !
If anyone has any more information or reading material that would ease pressure on those showing up for advanced grading, please so share.
Thanks again for the info !
