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FRTOL – Radio Practical Exam

Radio Practical Exam Another key part of the path to a PPL is the FRTOL practical exam. FRTOL or Flight Radiotelephony Operator’s Licence authorises you to operate an Aircraft Radio Station in a UK registered aircraft, or to put it simply, its the license needed to use the radio in an UK registered aeroplane (though students…

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Last 2 Exams

Last two exams done Having done 7 of the 9 exams I had just ‘Flight Planning and Performance’ and ‘Navigation and Radio Aids’ exams left to do. Flight Planning and Performance was first. It was one I had studied for on my own and felt comfortable with. It consists of information you need to know…

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PPL Exams

Private Pilot License – Exams As part of the ppl course there is an amount of ‘ground school’ needed. There are 9 exams in total and they are as follows: Air Law Human Performance Operational Procedures Meteorology Aircraft General Knowledge Flight Performance and Planning Navigation and Radio Aids Principles of Flight Communications There are also…

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Solo Land Away

Last two exams done Solo Land Away Since the last time we have done another triangle which featured a practice diversion back to my home airfield. The diversion planning all went well if a little taxing to do whilst flying. Once I realised it just needs to be reasonably accurate and can be updated as…

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Going Places

Going Places Next stage is to learn to navigate. Its time for a dual navigation triangle. This involved planning a flight from the airfield, up to Harrogate, east to Filey and then back. Sounds easy right? Well there is a little more to it. Need to think about the weather and what its going to…

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Getting Advanced

Getting Advanced Following my solo it was time for some circuit consolidation. This was basically doing multiple circuits in either a standard, flapless or glide configuration. Certainly something to get nailed but not the most exciting trips. I did the required 4 hours over a couple of sessions. Progressing well. Now onto some more interesting…

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Solo Time

Solo Time Having got a solid foundation being built it was time to really consolidate landings and take offs. So with my instructor we started to build time in the circuit. This is a little repetitive but still good fun. Getting a good landing in really does feel like a great accomplishment. Along the way…

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Getting the basics down

Private Pilot License – Basics Having settled on Breighton for my airfield home I set on with lessons. The first part of training is the key foundations. Its learning ‘straight and level’ which sounds a lot easier than it can be, along with turning, climbing and descending, different speeds and lots of combinations of all…

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Lesson Two – New flight school

Private Pilot License – First Real Lesson After trying the first flight school and being very excited I still took the time to try out another school. Again I booked a Trial Lesson. The instructor I spoke to on the phone took some details and understood I was looking to compare with my first lesson. The lessons…

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Trial Lesson

Private Pilot License – Step 1 So after a long time of dreaming about it every time a plane flew over I decided to have a look at getting my private pilots license. I had briefly flirted with lessons a long time ago but didnt take it very far. Time to do it properly this…

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