Posted by admin on February 28, 2008
That was what my instructor Jon asked me earlier this week. He’s been hired by Jämtlands Flyg to fetch a Robinson R44 from England and fly it to their base i Östersund. What a great experience and opportunity to learn!
The bad thing is that I CAN’T DO IT, the good thing is the reason that I’ll instead spend 2 weeks in Thailand. When I’m back from my vacation I’ll do the last theory tests and then catch up the flying. I hope there will be more opportunities like this coming up in the future.
Posted by admin on February 25, 2008
I’m a bit curious about the plans for the new Robinson R66 (five-seat jet-powered helicopter due out in 2010) and found this web site that compares the R66 with other “similar” models: Click here to read more
Posted by admin on February 17, 2008
I passed all 4 tests at LFV today, so here is the updated status:
Accumulated flight time: 10 hours
COM: QT (PASSED) LFV (PASSED)
HP: QT (PASSED) LFV (PASSED)
AL: QT (PASSED) LFV (PASSED)
OP: QT (PASSED) LFV (PASSED)
AGN: QT (PASSED) LFV (NOT DONE)
FPP: QT (PASSED) LFV (PASSED)
PF: QT (PASSED) LFV (PASSED)
MET: QT (PASSED) LFV (NOT DONE)
NAV: QT (PASSED) LFV (NOT DONE)
3 more to go! I’ll do them one by one during the coming weeks, first some vacation, 2 weeks of chillout on Koh Mook (Thailand) followed by some hard core skiing in Whistler, Canada, where my sister’s working. Im worth it!
Posted by admin on February 16, 2008
FPP (Flight Planning and Performance) - 95 %
AGN (Air craft General Knowledge) - 85 %
That means that I have passed all the 9 qualifying tests at school, great! Tomorrow I’ll write 4 of them for LFV. If, if if I pass them I have 3 more before I’m totally done with the theory.
Status right now:
Accumulated flight time: 10 hours
COM: QT (PASSED) LFV (PASSED)
HP: QT (PASSED) LFV (PASSED)
AL: QT (PASSED) LFV (NOT DONE)
OP: QT (PASSED) LFV (NOT DONE)
AGN: QT (PASSED) LFV (NOT DONE)
FPP: QT (PASSED) LFV (NOT DONE)
PF: QT (PASSED) LFV (NOT DONE)
MET: QT (PASSED) LFV (NOT DONE)
NAV: QT (PASSED) LFV (NOT DONE)
Now it’s time to chill for the rest of the day!
Posted by admin on February 16, 2008
AL (Air Law) - 95 %
OP (Operational Procedures) - 95 %
PF (Principles of flight) - 85 %
Just got back after three Qualifying tests followed by a three hour lesson in AGN. So “!%#& tired and need to reload by sweet dreams about carburators and load factors because tomorrow av 8 AM I’ll write the last two tests, AGN (Aircraft General Knowledge) and FPP (Flight Planning & Performance).
Later when I have more time I’ll tell more about the tests and what I find tricky and share with you some good things to have in mind when writing the tests.
Time for bed…Zzzzzz!
Posted by admin on February 12, 2008
Tuesday night and only two more days before the last exams at school. so the schedule looks like this:
- Yesterday night: Study Air Law (AL) and Operational Procedures (OP)
- Tonight: Study Principles of Flight (PF)
- Wednesday night: Study Aircraft General Knowledge (AGN)
- Thursday night: Study Flight Planning and Performance (FPP)
- Friday: Qualifying tests in AL, OP, PF
- Friday night: last lesson in AGN
- Saturday: Qualifying tests in AGN & FPP
- Sunday: SLEEP (preferred) or writing the tests for LFV (is I pass any of the QT of course)
YES I know! I should have started my studies earlier than this, but don’t you remember how you did back in the days in school???
I’ll really try to close this theory part ASAP so that I can focus on the fun part, TO FLY. I still have about 35-40 hours left before I can feel the smell of my certificate.
Back to work…
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