Just Passed my PPL
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Daventry
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Grass strips
It's a shame you did not have the opportunity to use a grass strip as part of your training-I was really surprised how bumpy they are after glass smooth hard runways I had being using until then.
All the best for the future
MM
All the best for the future
MM
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Georgia
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Awesome job there mate! I remember when my brother passed, he got his shirt tail snipped and signed, and its hangin on the FBO wall now! Hes now gotten his comemrcial pilots license, and almost ready for a job. How far are you planning to get rated?
Chocks Away!
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Manchester Barton
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Cason - at the moment I'm not sure how much further to go with this. At least an IFR rating would be useful (here's me looking out of the window). At the moment I can't see that the effort, personal sacrifice and money worth it to become an airline pilot - but I suppose if it's one's dream then it is, and I have every admiration for those who become one.
I went to Barton (Manchester) on Monday and had a 40 minute lesson to learn how to land on grass... (the lesson was short because the light was going down)... oh boy, taxying was more like rally driving, and the perspective of runway length was more like "what perspective" - it was like landing in a big field ("which bit is the runway?" "Oh, one of the muddy bits with numbers at the beginning"). I'm sure these instructors have reinforced underpants - it was only on my fifth landing that it wasn't a complete mess, and even then I skidded on braking.... It really is a "licence to learn" isn't it?!
T.
. Now, go have fun!
