Next in terms of study for is PPL Theory – Communications and Meteorology. I was reading the meteorology from the EASA private pilot studies book and was struggling to retain the information. I am a visual learner, I prefer a CBT to endless text. I then turned to YouTube to see if there was a … Read more
For the second week in a row my flying lessons have been cancelled, I guess this is the major downside of flying lessons in the winter. Both last week and this week the weather has put a stop to my progress so assuming I am able to fly next week it will be 3 weeks … Read more
When studying for your PPL (Private Pilot License) you need to study for and pass 9 exams. I think that you need to also get some PPL practice exams to go along with these to have the best shot of passing the tests. However do not get me wrong these are only to help you … Read more
Just a quick update from me on my exam progress. I recently studied for and passed PPL Theory – Aircraft General Knowledge. This was another subject where you have to learn a high amount of facts. In this subject which is closely related to principles of flight, you learn about gyros, aircraft construction, pressure, instruments, … Read more
I was back up at the flying school today for PPL Lesson 10 & 11: Circuits. I decided to have two lessons back to back due to the fact that the last few weeks weather has been messing with my progress and I really need to catch up. My normal instructor was out again so … Read more
Today I attempted to do PPL Lesson 9: Circuits. I say attempted because we managed a total of 1 circuit before the tower told us that we had to land due to the cloud being bad (800ft). This was disappointing, however I got something from the day as my instructor worked with me on my … Read more
Today I had PPL Lesson 8: Circuits. It has been a good few weeks since I have been flying due to the weather cancelling my lessons. Today the weather was finally good (enough) and I was finally able to start practicing circuits in strong winds which made it more challenging. I feel this is an … Read more
Next up is PPL Theory – Principles Of Flight as I work towards my private pilots license. Due to the way the rules are structured, I have 10 days from sitting my first exams to sit any more and they will class as 1 sitting. Once again I am using EASA private pilot studies by … Read more
Today I had PPL Lesson 7: Slow Flight. My instructor and I decided to use this lesson to finish stalling. There was a huge headwind of 24 kts so it was pretty rocky up until 3000ft. We followed on from my previous stalling lesson but we also learned how to recover from a stall with … Read more
Yesterday I finally got back in the air for PPL lesson 6: Slow Flight, after an 11 days absence from flying. This was due to a mixture of the weather being pretty awful and my instructor being away the last 2 weekends which is when I normally fly. When we last left of we were … Read more