Passed my skills test!
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Thanks Tim! Your words of wisdom helped no end on Thursday 
Can't wait to get up in Lima Romeo ASAP
Sent the paperwork off to the CAA today, hopefully not a long wait for the license.
Thanks to everyone on this thread, very kind words.
Can't wait to get up in Lima Romeo ASAP
Sent the paperwork off to the CAA today, hopefully not a long wait for the license.
Thanks to everyone on this thread, very kind words.
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Passed mine too!
Just passed my Skills Test yesterday too, which was such a relief and I'm still trying to take it all in! As soon as I had passed, my instructor referred to me "captain" which was such a great feeling! Looking at my instructor beforehand, I think he was just as nervous as I was!!
The test was much better than I'd anticipated. Despite bad vis, my Nav went like clockwork, although my altitude kept fluctuating as I concentrated on identifying waypoints. The main problem I had was that I dialled in two frequencies incorrectly which I can only put down to nerves.
General handling went fine and my examiner nearly took me into cloud and luckily I told him that I was not allowed to do that! Landings were OK - not perfect, but I was pleased the way I'd flown. Also my answers to the oral questions were not great but by that time, I was frazzled!
Thanks to everyone at RFC Bourn for helping me through my 60 hours and 3 years of being a student pilot. Great place to learn and can honestly say that I enjoyed every lesson!
The test was much better than I'd anticipated. Despite bad vis, my Nav went like clockwork, although my altitude kept fluctuating as I concentrated on identifying waypoints. The main problem I had was that I dialled in two frequencies incorrectly which I can only put down to nerves.
General handling went fine and my examiner nearly took me into cloud and luckily I told him that I was not allowed to do that! Landings were OK - not perfect, but I was pleased the way I'd flown. Also my answers to the oral questions were not great but by that time, I was frazzled!
Thanks to everyone at RFC Bourn for helping me through my 60 hours and 3 years of being a student pilot. Great place to learn and can honestly say that I enjoyed every lesson!
