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I like the night life….

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Mike Blackburn

Some of the best video I’ve seen on YouTube of flying is in the evening – after the sun has set. Being able to fly at night obviously extends the useful flying day and also improves the options for waiting out weather and other potential delays. I’m a firm believer in having options to decrease…

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Flight training, flying, Night rating

Flying with the Family – 1 and 2..

Posted on July 11, 2018July 21, 2018 by Mike Blackburn

How do you make having a pilot license feel real? Fly with those who are most precious to you. For just over a year now I’ve been disappearing off to the airport for protracted periods of time and bringing nothing back other than stories of where I’ve flown, or how bad or good the conditions…

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Family, flying

First post PPL Flight – Circuits at Lanseria

Posted on July 1, 2018July 21, 2018 by Mike Blackburn

22 June 2018 Using the PPL for the first time There is something about flying yourself for the first time with a freshly minted PPL certificate. No instructor to sign you out. Nobody double checking the tanks and the oil to make sure that you’ve put the caps back properly. It’s weird. But in a…

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circuits, flying

Achievement Unlocked – PPL!

Posted on June 14, 2018June 17, 2018 by Mike Blackburn

It is with a heavy heart that I write this. I need to change the subtext of my blog from “An Anaesthetist’s journey to PPL” to “An Anaesthetist WITH a PPL!”. Yes. That is correct – I passed my PPL checkride on Tuesday! I am now legal to fly all and sundry and to “exercise…

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Exams, Flight training

Solo Navigation Exercise 1

Posted on May 10, 2018June 17, 2018 by Mike Blackburn

Solo Nav Number 1 – FALA – FAVV – FARG – FALA Look. Flying an airplane is fantastic. Flying an airplane solo on the other hand? Absolutely amazing. It’s great to be flying solo again. But scary too. Almost everyone I know who has learned to fly tells me they got lost on their solo…

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Flight training, Navex

Solo Currency flight to Rustenburg

Posted on May 2, 2018July 21, 2018 by Mike Blackburn

Date Aircraft Route Flight Time Total Hours 26 April 2018 SR20 ZS-CTP FALA – FARG – FALA 1.6 59.2 This was a currency flight – it has been more than 3 weeks since my last flight and the school rules stipulate not less than 1 week between solo signoff and solo flight. So it was…

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Navex

Cross Country – and a new Province

Posted on April 12, 2018July 21, 2018 by Mike Blackburn

  Date Aircraft Route Flight Time Total Hours 8 April 2018 ZS-CTP SR20 FALA – GAV – FAPY – FAPS – FALA 1.9 (Dual) 57.6   Back in the Saddle We’ve just come back from 17 nights away. It was great. Apart from the whole “not flying” thing. So I was a little apprehensive about…

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Flight training, Navex

Stimulating simulating and 50h in the logbook

Posted on February 26, 2018June 17, 2018 by Mike Blackburn

Time is flying. And flying is time. I’ve spent three weeks doing basic instrument flying in the simulator. I thought I would hate it. Really. What could you possibly enjoy about playing a hyped up computer game? “I can do that at home right?” “How hard could it be?” “It’s not real flying” “will I…

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Flight training

Progress?

Posted on January 31, 2018June 17, 2018 by Mike Blackburn

Feels like ages since I managed to sit down and write a post. So. Where are we in this journey? Well, I’m excited to report that I have made significant progress this month after 3weeks of not flying. The first two flights were not stellar – on the first we were hounded by a localized…

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Flight training

Solo at last!

Posted on November 30, 2017June 17, 2018 by Mike Blackburn

108 Landings. One hundred and Eight. This is how long it takes to teach an old dog new tricks. I flew(yeah, I know) through the upper air work – stall spin checkout done at 10h. But I’ve been in the circuit for the last 3months and 17hours trying to get the simple landing right. Weirdly,…

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Flight training
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