I was up the school today for PPL Lesson 36: Navigation and Diversions. I am in the final stages of my PPL and actually have a week of work and I will be at the airfield everyday. This week has been busy for me as I have been studying for my radio telephony practical which … Read more
So I arrived at the school today for PPL Lesson 35: Solo Circuits and there was more good news. My other instructor has got an assessment for an airline tomorrow so he won’t be able to teach my lesson. Not a problem at all! He is a great instructor and deserves it and I can … Read more
After not being able to fly last week due to having to work and the airfield being closed, today I had PPL Lesson 34: Radio Navigation and IMC. Today I was with Ian, an instructor who I had not flown with before but who had given me tutoring. If anyone reading this happens to fly … Read more
The standard overhead join is something that you should be taught during your training, I was taught it using this diagram about 1 lesson before doing my cross country qualifier with no practice at all which isn’t ideal. As the second airport was closed I got 1 go at it before I had to do … Read more
Now that I have completed my cross country qualifier I wanted to write a post that would help anybody who is coming up to theirs and wanted some advice on preparing for your cross country qualifier. The most important thing you can do when coming up to your cross country qualifier flight is prepare the … Read more
Hot on the heels of yesterdays practice cross country qualifier today I had PPL Lesson 33: Cross Country Qualifier. I must admit the build up to this had filled me with nerves as it is such a big thing considering that I have only done 2 solo navigations before I set of on my cross … Read more
After the weather looking a bit dodgy for most of the week, today I had PPL Lesson 32: Practice Cross Country Qualifier. I did most of the planning the night before so when I got to the school I only really had to correct for the wind and put my heights and corrected headings in. … Read more
Following on from yesterdays lesson I had PPL Lesson 31: Solo Navigation. I was back with Martin, my original instructor and we decided that it was time to get another solo navigation in. He gave me the route, Cranfield -> Olney -> Grafham Water -> Chipping Warden -> Olney -> Cranfield. I then set about … Read more
I was back up at the school for PPL lesson 30: Navigation today. First of all the weather was amazing! Few clouds at 2300ft but apart from that clear blue skies. The winds were 010/10 and visibility was over 10km. Neither of my instructors were available today so I had a new instructor called Gino … Read more
If like me, you may have a few gaps in the remarks section of your logbook. Instead of always asking my instructor what the PPL exercise numbers should be, I decided to get a list of all the exercises. Using this you can fill in the gaps or just look it up for reference. PPL … Read more