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PPL Training & Exam Windows

Flying Training – The Heat is on!

2012, March 31
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I had heard and read about the deadlines involved when training for a PPL but never really understood the full implications of this. The Two Year Rule… The Eighteen Month Rule… Although all the relevant information is available at the CAA Website, some of it can be a little difficult to interpret [...]
Spot The Runway

Marginal VFR

2011, January 27
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It’s been over two months since I last went flying. I had a visit today from an old friend Dave Jozzy Jones from the [RnR] Gaming Clan (Those were the days!) and coincidentally, had an hour of flying booked too. As I am still a student, I am not allowed to carry passengers yet but if the instructor [...]
Parked at Humberside

First Solo Land Away

2010, September 17
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Friday 17th September – The weather was finally good enough to allow me to head out solo to land at Humberside. After completing this exercise with instructor Peter last week, I felt pretty confident that I would be able to manage this one on my own. Especially with all that extra space on the [...]
Just Landed

Landing Away

2010, September 7
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It has taken four or five attempts to get this particular exercise done. Once because of a mess up with timings but mostly due to our often mentioned and oh-so unreliable British weather. Finally, on Friday 3rd September I managed to fly to and land at Humberside Airport, which completed my [...]
Instructor Jonathan Anderson & Mr Phil

Solo Navigation

2010, July 9
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Today I completed my first ever solo journey out of the local airfield vicinity. I have done a fair amount of solo flying but up until now, only in the circuit at Sherburn. This means plenty of take-offs and landings but not much radio and navigation work. Today was the day when instructor Jonathan [...]
Air Navigation Pro

iNavigation

2010, June 27
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Friday, July 26 – Time for another section of navigation exercises from Sherburn. This time I had some technical testing and questions in mind as well as the actual navigation exercise. My questions – Does the GPS system that is built into the iPad work well enough to be used for navigation? And if [...]
Mmmm Cold Beer

Wind Calm and Human Performance

2010, April 10
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Finally, good weather and finances permitted me to get over to Sherburn today to get some flying done. It was one of those very rare days when the weather forecast says “Wind = CALM”. Which means, as it says, there was little or no significant wind – at least from the surface to where I was flying [...]
PA28 Rear View

Flying The PA28

2010, March 19
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I had to cancel flying again today, due to having no transport to take me to the aero club. I suppose it was just as well, after what I had to pay out for the car service, MOT and parts. So I thought I’d make a blog entry with some pictures of the planes I have been flying. Some of the pictures are [...]
Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett, QI, Tears and Bad Weather

2009, February 5
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After tweeting about this last night, I felt a little more detail was in order. I’ve always been a huge fan of Terry Pratchett. Since right back when the first Discworld novel was released, I’ve been there. Inevitably I also became interested in the author. last night I happened to be flicking [...]
Snow in the garden Feb 2009

Steep Turns, 999, DoS and Snow

2009, February 2
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It’s been quite a weekend… Friday – Flying at Sherburn was awesome as usual. The weather was no good for flying circuits so we set off east, climbed to 3000 feet and I did my first steep turns. A steep turn is between 45 and 60 degrees angle of bank. In other words – If you look left you can see [...]
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