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Day 16 – Aerodynamics, Malaga – Skills Test Day!

Multi-Engine Instrument Rating DiaryBy Andrew Power27/09/20111 Comment

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…

Day 15 – The 170A Flight

Commercial Pilot Licence DiaryBy Andrew Power13/10/2010Leave a comment

Today was the day that I would complete the course. Started out at 6 am again, up to the flight school at 6.45. I had planned to sit in the Arrow for about 30 minutes, but it was still in maintenance from the cowling coming off in flight the day before. The FAA had been looking…

Day 14 – More Navigation, Diversions and General Handling

Commercial Pilot Licence DiaryBy Andrew Power12/10/2010Leave a comment

Good afternoon, Well, today was supposed to be a busy day. Up at 6 am, got the school at 6:30. I was scheduled to fly 4 hours. I got my route to Apopka planned, and we were in the air by 8. We did our navigation to Apopka. Bill diverted me to Skinner, then I got another…

Day 13 – Two Days Left Before The Checkride

Commercial Pilot Licence DiaryBy Andrew Power11/10/2010Leave a comment

Hi all, Logged 2.0 hours today, bringing my total up to 21 hours. I arrived at the flight school around 10.30. I was due to fly at 12, so Bill said we would go when I was ready and get in the air a little early. I also got a reply from the CAA today about…

Day 12 – Nearing the Skills Test

Commercial Pilot Licence DiaryBy Andrew Power10/10/2010Leave a comment

Woke up early this morning! It was bad as I wasn’t flying until 16:30, so I had breakfast and sat outside in the sunshine. It was 22 Celsius at 9 am here. I went over my procedures and nav methods. I went and had another look at the airshow today. Parking was chaos, I had…

Day 9 – Finished in the Piper Cadet

Commercial Pilot Licence DiaryBy Andrew Power07/10/2010Leave a comment

Hi again, Day 9 and in total I’ve logged 13.6 hours. The day started FREEZING at 6 am. I was up and got to the flight school around 6.30. Aircraft preflighted and we were on our way to Mid Florida (it’s an airport, not just the middle of Florida). Route started out great, on track most…

Day 8 – Ormond Beach, Florida – More Navigation

Commercial Pilot Licence DiaryBy Andrew Power07/10/2010Leave a comment

Hi All, Another good day today. logged 3 hours 12 minutes, bringing my total up to 11 hours.   My first flight was with Elizabeth and we went to a small private airport called Reynolds. The initial navigation went great, arrived exactly on the dot. So then she gave me a diversion and I got…

Day 7 – Ormond Beach, Florida – Navigation

Commercial Pilot Licence DiaryBy Andrew Power05/10/2010Leave a comment

Hello, Very good day today. I logged 3.2 hours, bringing my total up to 8 hours. I was up at 8 am, arrived at the flight school at 9. We had a long brief this morning on how to use the JAA Navigation Method with Elizabeth. It made a lot of sense as I didn’t…

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