Pilot

I Can Speak English

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 | Stuff | 1 Comment

If you didn’t know already, I’m studying (cough) to get my Private Pilots’ License.  This involves many exams, flying hours and bucks.  Basically, I go in a few times a week and fly a light aircraft doing all sorts of manevours and navigations — I even learn to fly the plane without ANY engines and get to land without an engine :D.

A few months ago, I was ready to go for my first solo flight, when the lovely folks at CASA decided to mandate an English speaking test — even for native speakers! I went to book my test, but it was booked up for months on end!  Basically, I had to stop flying for a few months to wait for this stupid exam.  When the time came to do it, I walked into the room, sat down, and spoke about what I liked for 10 minutes.  Grade: 6/6.  Well done Shane.

Hopefully, I should get the damn license before the end of the year to go flying over Christmas :).

Here are some shots from the sky.

Cessna 172 Controls

View from the left

View from the left

Morning Pilot Shane

Morning Pilot Shane

That’s all!

Have fun!

Shane.

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