Our next ground school run will commence in late October! If you’d like to enroll, please send an email to CTKI@waterfordaeroclub.com. The schedule we are planning is outlined below. Air Law 31st October & 7th November (1900-2100) Communications 14th November (1900-2200) Human Performance 26th October & 16th November (2000-2200) Meteorology 6th & 13th October (1900-2200) Navigation 2nd &…
Now that the dark evenings are here, our members have been enjoying night flying at Waterford Airport. Club member Brian did some night VFR flying this week in our PA28 EI-DJM. We offer night ratings at the club from just €950. This is a fantastic way to learn new skills and further improve your knowledge…
One of our previous student pilots has lots of flying goodies for sale! These items have only been used a couple of times and are in perfect condition. All of these were bought from Transair in the UK. 1. TELEX STRATUS 30XT head set €739.00 (£529.00 british pound) 2. POOLEYS CRP-5 FLIGHT COMPUTER €107.23 (£76.75…
Legendary South African Bush Pilot CC Pocock will be in Ireland at Milltownpass airfield from 2nd – 12th June 2015 conducting Advanced Bush Flying Course and Mountain Pilot Proficiency Courses. This is an advanced bush flying course with emphasis on mountain flying techniques and procedures. Guaranteed to make any pilot much SAFER, more PROFICIENT and…
Waterford Aero club hosted students from Carlow IT today. We wish you all the best on your course and we hope you enjoyed your first flight!
Hi all, Almost 850 viewers already! Well, I was flying at 8 am this morning, and my skills test was scheduled for 5 pm. I met the examiner at the airport at 4 pm, with all my documents: Licence, Medical, Weight & Balance, Performance Calculations, Logbook and the CAA forms. He gave me a route…
Another early start this morning. Got up at 6:30 to get the bus. I arrived early to get the flight plan in. It was to Almeria again. I sent away the flight plan and shortly after got all the NOTAMs, weather and did out my route plan. The instructor arrived and I was then let out…
Well, my days in Spain are drawing nearer and nearer to an end! Thank God, all this sun and warm weather is taking the better out of me. Not! Early start this morning, up at 6.30 to get the 7.10 bus to the airport. The bus was 10 minutes late, typical! It’s a 40 minute…
Hello everyone. As you will read from last night’s post I didn’t get back until late and was flying at 8.30 this morning. I set the alarm for 7 and I rolled out of the bed with one eye open. I missed the 7.45 bus so it meant getting the 8 o’clock bus and walking…
Hi everyone, as I’m sure all the regular readers have been aware I haven’t posted in some time. I was told by the school that all of their multi-engine airplanes were gone tech (three of them). So that left me counting my fingers for four days. Today was Interesting to say the least. It started out meeting my…