| NATALIE'S LOG BOOK |
| View the contents of Natalie's Logbook. [Click for More] |
| GOING LIKE A BOEING! (#6) - |
| Column #6 – The Night Rating
It is a good idea to start with your Night Rating after obtaining your PPL. You will understand the importance of one if you find yourself being caught by nightfall due to poor planning, headwinds or diversions. You need a valid Private Pilot’s Licence and the training consists of 10 hours Basic Instrument Flying, a few night circuits and landings and a dual night navigation flight of not less than 100nm from base.
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| RICHARD'S ROOKIE LOGBOOK |
| After about 10 hours on C-150's my real flying career began when I decided to train on Microlights. Although I have 12 hours on a Solo Wings Windlass Trike, my preference is towards conventional three axis aircraft such as the locally made BUSH BABY (a Kit Fox derivative) and Indian made X-air F. If all goes well I'll be licensed for both types soon.
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| Column #5 – The CPL examinations
After 10 weeks of ground school and 4 weeks of intense studying… well as intense as I can get with studying, passing my first 5 Commercial Pilot Licence examinations first time round was probably the greatest sense of achievement and sense of relief I had ever felt! In this month’s column I will be sharing some of my study techniques and also my experiences during the course of my CPL exams, with you. [Click for More] |
| GOING LIKE A BOEING! (#4) |
| Just a word of congratulations to Natalie for passing all five exams that she wrote!! (08 Aug 00)
"Natalie will be writing her comm. exams exams next week (24th July) and all of us here at wish her the very best!! - we will keep you updated as to her progress..."
Tests and examinations are arguably the most stressful experiences that we go through – and the problem is that we all have to go through it throughout our lives! It doesn’t end at Matric. And it is essential that we as pilots get tested on our flying abilities and procedures, because not only do we have our own lives in our hands, but sometimes other’s lives too. Safety is a must. Your first “real” test is obviously the dreaded PPL flight test. I say “dreaded” because most of us don’t know what to expect and the experience is a new one. Also, the thought of another instructor watching your every move can be quite frightening.
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| GOING LIKE A BOEING! (#3) |
| Column #3
I hope that my last column was beneficial and that I at least helped one or two aspirant pilots out there who have experienced similar problems to me. As Mike Malherbe states in his latest column “I learned about flying from that” the idea of me - who is still one of the “fresh” pilots - writing this column is to share my experiences with fellow aviators so that we can all learn from each others mistakes and of course from things we did correctly. As I become more experienced I will for sure encounter more obstacles and face new problems, and I will share this all with you. If you have any queries or have been in similar situations and managed to come out of them in one piece, I would love to hear how you tackled them – I am also still learning and advice on your part is more than welcome! ngarden
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| GOING LIKE A BOEING! (#2) |
| The time has come for yet another article from my side. I have decided to focus on a few of the problems and difficulties I have encountered along the way, namely radio failure and landing. I will speak about being “temporarily unsure of my position” (sounds better than “thinking I was lost”!) in next month’s column. The world of aviation is also extremely competitive and I can almost guarantee you that you will have one or two nasty encounters with fellow aviators. No one said flying was easy. If it were, there would a hang of a lot more pilots around! [Click for More] |
| FLORIDA TO SOUTH AFRICA IN 49HRS |
| Click here to read all about the ferry flight of ZS-TDW, Shurlok's second Seneca V, from Florida, U.S.A to Rand Airport, South Africa. [Click for More] |
| ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD... |
| Hi everyone, my name is Andrew Mitton, a South African who has emmigrated
to Perth, Australia. I grew up in Benoni and went to Willomoore High
until the age of 16 (Std 8). I then moved to Perth and started year 11 at
Kent Street SHS which was a normal academic school, but it also had some
specialist courses. I was accepted into the Aeronautics course, which was
sponsored by Ansett Airlines Australia. This was a pretty good course to do in
school as it taught you the very basics and gave you time to decide if
the aviation industry was really for you. [Click for More] |
| GOING LIKE A BOEING! |
| I think that it all started when I was a little girl. I would pretend I was Supergirl and “fly” around our backyard with a “cape” tied around my neck. During my younger years, I remember sitting at the back of what was so aptly known as “Vomit Comet”, Comair’s Dakota; drinking flat Coke while my mother served passengers. I started travelling at an early age – I was just 14 months old when I went to Mauritius. And, I have a photo of a very young-looking “Flight Engineer”, when my father let me sit in his seat in the B747 cockpit. All my life I have been exposed to the aviation world and have never seen myself as anything other than a pilot. [Click for More] |