Brakes —————————-ON/Cover Breaks Unnecessary Electrical Equipment—OFF Fuel ——————————Select Tank Carb heat————————–OFF/Cold Mixture————————— Reach Throttle————————-¼”Open Primer—————————–Locked Battery/Alt————————ON Beacon—————————–ON Shout——————————”CLEAR PROP” Starter—————————-ENGAGE
Posts Tagged ‘flying’
Shutdown Checklist
Breaks——-HOLD Magnetos—–R/L/BOTH Avionics—–OFF Mixture—–CUT-OFF Ignition—-KEY-OUT
Close to finishing PPL
It’s a few months since I started my PPL training. I am now on the verge of finishing it and currently I am occupied with passing ground exams which will allow me to take the final skills test. Now I fly bugger all and only my decision to pursue Night Rating is keeping me at [...]
new QT and Flying with Maemo N900
It’s amazing. My love for flying and computers is starting to have it’s children. I’m kinda inventive and lazy guy. When I can automate something, I don’t bother to do it. This is very annoying when I’m flying. Especially annoying when I have to recall some details. Some of these details are … Takeoff and [...]
Not flying this weekend
I was hoping that I would fly this weekend but I had to review that hope. Weather is no good for travel ( shouldn’t affect flying but trains are rubbish here ). Also have not study at all over the break and I want to start tackling exams when I’m in Bournemouth. Hope that next [...]
Flying Solo Navs
My flying is getting interesting now. Before heading for Chrismas Break, I had passed my Nav Ex with 96% and flow first Solo Nav Route. The Route was quite simple, EGHH→Wells→Crewkerne→EGHH . There was something wrong with the DI or wind.On the first leg I had to correct more than 60° to keep the track! [...]
another BCFT student
Ha! It looks like there is another BCFT student sharing his experiences online. I actually had the pleasure of flying Marc around EGHH before I went solo. You can find Marc’s blog at golfcharlie232.blogspot.com
Passing Exams
It came the time when to do more flying, I have to pass theory exams. Confusers are amazing helpers to pass, but books just give you the knowledge beyond what answer for which question. Bad weather does not help motivating me … but at least I have time to do exams now.
Flying Solo
Sunday the 18th of October 2009, I had the biggest pleasure in my pilots life. After passing Air Law exam in 15 minutes with 97.5% , after congratulations from my Instructor, he took me for a few more circuits. We were taxing back to the Club. Taxiway was not the usual one and we stopped. [...]
Started Flying
Two weekends ago, I have finally got around and applied to an FTO to start my pilot training. I am currently learning how to fly in Bournemouth with Bournemouth Commercial Flight Training for the PPL (A) license. Doing only weekends with a few hours flying on Saturday and Sunday and I have to say that [...]
