You wait months for a skills test, then 2 come along ...
Supercharged PPRuNer
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You wait months for a skills test, then 2 come along ...
Helen isn’t the only one - at long, long last, I’ve finally done it!
Spent yesterday morning freezing my bits off, defrosting a 152. Looking up at the sky thinking “it’s blue up there – if only I could see more than a couple of miles along the ground”.
Briefed the examiner that we’d go and have a look, and if I couldn’t see the QE2 bridge from Brentwood, I’d leave the nav section and just do the handling & circuits. Lo and behold, it was visible, so stopwatch in hand I trundled around Kent for an hour, diverted back to Essex, did some stalls, PFLs etc, then back to the circuit.
Stumbled around the circuit for a while (mental note: low winter sun, mist and runway 22 are not an ideal combination
) then landed and looked across at a clipboard full of ticks.
What a fantastic feeling – now it gets really expensive!
Spent yesterday morning freezing my bits off, defrosting a 152. Looking up at the sky thinking “it’s blue up there – if only I could see more than a couple of miles along the ground”.
Briefed the examiner that we’d go and have a look, and if I couldn’t see the QE2 bridge from Brentwood, I’d leave the nav section and just do the handling & circuits. Lo and behold, it was visible, so stopwatch in hand I trundled around Kent for an hour, diverted back to Essex, did some stalls, PFLs etc, then back to the circuit.
Stumbled around the circuit for a while (mental note: low winter sun, mist and runway 22 are not an ideal combination
) then landed and looked across at a clipboard full of ticks.What a fantastic feeling – now it gets really expensive!
Why do it if it's not fun?
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Now it gets really expensive
Congratulations! You had a beautiful day for it. Was beautiful all weekend. Unfortunately, I spent most of the weekend fixing my car... and until I'd fixed the car, I couldn't get to the airfield, so I missed my chance. But never mind - you passed, and that's the important thing!
FFF
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Cheers Foo Foo!
I was thinking more of ATPLs, £700 exam sessions, IMCs, CPLs, IRs, FI ratings, type ratings, that sort of thing.
I was thinking more of ATPLs, £700 exam sessions, IMCs, CPLs, IRs, FI ratings, type ratings, that sort of thing.
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Congratulations!
I suppose I'll have to buy you a beer next time I see you in the clubhouse.
Well done - I didn't think you'd get it up when I saw you first thing - it was 'well misty' in the circuit. Of course, by the time I was down it was clearing nicely
Well done - I didn't think you'd get it up when I saw you first thing - it was 'well misty' in the circuit. Of course, by the time I was down it was clearing nicely
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Well done SXTY!! 
Everybody seems to be 'at it' at the moment, don't they? It'll be spring soon (honest!) and I suppose being able to fly until 20:00 could make things expensive. Good luck with the commercial and FI stuff too!
Everybody seems to be 'at it' at the moment, don't they? It'll be spring soon (honest!) and I suppose being able to fly until 20:00 could make things expensive. Good luck with the commercial and FI stuff too!
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Excellent news! Better send the mrs out to find a better paying job. It may well get more expensive in the short term, but in the long term they will be paying you to fly.
It may well get more expensive in the short term, but in the long term they will be paying you to fly.
