Hot Stuff!!

I know one is supposed to be original but this is the colour we have chosen for our Sling, so there will be a few of them around, but only one called "Hot Stuff". ZU-FNM arrived in Durban last weekend and ours will be the next red one here soon. It's getting very exciting as D-Day arrives to collect the plane and fly it back to Durban. Also exciting is my 85% pass in navigation today, so that makes it 7 exams down and only one final exam on Aircraft General to go.. that's the technical stuff, like where do you put the fuel, what does a carb do etc.. so nearly there!!

The same colouring and style of our Sling plane in production

93% for Mets

This one was better. 93% pass for Meteorology. It was a difficult exam though and required some guesswork - like knowledge of South African weather patterns in winter and summer ito movement of low and high pressure systems, and the cause of Berg winds for example. Anyhows, this makes it 6 exams done and only 2 to go.  WooHoo!!

So now it's Navigation re-write on Friday and Aircraft General on Monday. Let's hold thumbs.

4 down, 4 to go!

Just passed the half-way mark with 4 exams passed and 4 to go! Do hate these multiple choice questions though as they try and trick you changing a word here or there. Two more exams this week as I step up the pace so by Friday mid-day will hopefully only have the last two.

Flight Performance and Planning

Waxed this exam with 88% pass this am. Am pretty stoked, it was an incredibly hard exam and took me back to Matric Science days. Glad I got past this one without too much of a fuss, although I am still not sure how I did it. :-) Have Human Performance on Monday, Air Law on Wednesday and Navigation on Friday so it's going to be a busy week ahead and not too much fun this weekend.

First Exams - 92% pass

Inbetween visiting Pietermaritzburg Airport, and a quick visit to Cape Town where I can be seen practising my take-off skills, I have been hitting the study books - Monday did my Radio Licence, and this morning wrote my first PPL exam... and hey, a pass of 92% in Principles of Flight is a good start. Have registered for 2 more exams next week and hope to hit off 2 a week until I am done.

Groot Constantia was the home of the first Govenor of the Cape Colony founded by the Dutch in 1652. A good place as any at Simon van der Stel's former residence to show that flying is just a matter of getting your feet off the ground.