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Forum: Private Flying
26th Sep 2004, 18:14
Replies: 27
Views: 3,129
Posted By Solo Hire

HFC Accommodation

Blinkz,

HFC have a local deal with pub in near-by Ardersier (3mins from the airport), something like £14 per night. It's quite basic, and there's sweet FA to do in Ardersier. Also, that price...
Forum: Private Flying
24th Sep 2004, 22:07
Replies: 27
Views: 3,129
Posted By Solo Hire

Inverness/Kinloss

I did my PPL intensively at Inverness two years ago, having done my exams prior to going. I would recommend Highland Flying (and I'm not one of the "in-crowd" from there!) because it's small and...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Sep 2004, 16:37
Replies: 27
Views: 3,129
Posted By Solo Hire

PPL in Fife

This topic has been covered before, so it might be worth your while to do a search, but...

Do consider the benefits of doing a compacted course somewhere away from home. That way, you can choose...
Forum: Private Flying
27th Aug 2004, 22:38
Replies: 18
Views: 1,469
Posted By Solo Hire

Folks, Slightly off the subject maybe, bit I...

Folks,

Slightly off the subject maybe, bit I got caught-out on my first land-away after qualification. I had worked out beautifully where I was going to land and which exit to take in an A/G...
Forum: Private Flying
25th Jun 2004, 21:47
Replies: 39
Views: 4,215
Posted By Solo Hire

West Coast Experience

Sounds like you've got it worked out well ahead. I've flown quite a bit in that area with a similar number of hours to yourself, but have never risked anything other than concrete runways (OK, I'm a...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
10th Nov 2003, 07:57
Replies: 44
Views: 7,267
Posted By Solo Hire

Would just like to encourage all you CPL's that a...

Would just like to encourage all you CPL's that a little PA goes a long way.

I was in the back of a B737 on a perfect flying night over Europe recently at FL35ish, when we had a bit of a bang. ...
Forum: Private Flying
10th Oct 2003, 04:14
Replies: 12
Views: 1,301
Posted By Solo Hire

Speaking as someone with little experience, it's...

Speaking as someone with little experience, it's noticeable how different peoples' standards are with regard to what is "normal". Having learned in the North of Scotland, doing mountains (with...
Forum: ATC Issues
7th Oct 2003, 06:16
Replies: 1,636
Views: 2,456,302
Posted By Solo Hire

Nice sunny, calm evening in Scotland. Male...

Nice sunny, calm evening in Scotland.

Male Voice: "Lossie Radar, good evening; hot air balloon rising through 2000ft, one five miles north west of Inverness, heading in a generally south easterly...
Forum: Private Flying
3rd Oct 2003, 06:34
Replies: 25
Views: 2,005
Posted By Solo Hire

Landing on the Left

Cheers guys, this is a comfort to me (as a relative newcomer).

Landing on the left seems to be associated with closing the throttle as that's when my drift always starts, even in nil wind.
...
Forum: Private Flying
3rd Oct 2003, 06:16
Replies: 3
Views: 1,522
Posted By Solo Hire

Landed at Glasgow 2 years ago and got chung for...

Landed at Glasgow 2 years ago and got chung for £90 (landing fee plus madatory handling with Execair), plus the fuel was megga ching too. Recommend using Cumbernauld, Perth, or similar if you can.
...
Forum: Private Flying
2nd Oct 2003, 04:17
Replies: 26
Views: 3,438
Posted By Solo Hire

Not sure if it's just me, but I originally found...

Not sure if it's just me, but I originally found passengers very distracting to the point where I would make REALLY silly mistakes. For example, (in quite windy conditions) went off at a 30 deg...
Forum: Private Flying
19th Sep 2003, 06:23
Replies: 39
Views: 3,081
Posted By Solo Hire

Only other thing I would add ('cos I got caught...

Only other thing I would add ('cos I got caught on my QXC) is... be prepared for the unexpected.

I called xxxxx Radar, Good Morning, G-xxxx.

The response was G-xxxx, squawk 1234, Flight...
Forum: Private Flying
19th Sep 2003, 06:10
Replies: 18
Views: 1,138
Posted By Solo Hire

More on Highland Flying

Steve,

I would add to the others who have recommended Highland Flying School. I did my full PPL there in two weeks (OK, I did have five lessons before I went). Apart from being one of the...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Sep 2003, 03:38
Replies: 2
Views: 555
Posted By Solo Hire

Cool Well, I've only seen Welshpool from the air once...

Well, I've only seen Welshpool from the air once whilst over flying at 3000ft, and thought it was dead easy to find. Mostly helpful thing is the fork in the roads... with the airfield in the "V".
...
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