Hard Subjects!

Recently i have been going over all my study notes and i am still finding some subjects very hard to understand. Usually it is subjects such as weather, regulations and certain areas of aerodynamics. Here is a list of subjects i dont understand.

High pressures and low pressures. What does this mean?

Angle of Attack.

Induced Drag and Parasite Drag.

The Turn Co-ordinator.

Different  Airspaces.

Sectional Charts.

These subjects are the one’s i find very hard to understand. I have gone back and watched all my Sportys DVD’s atleats 3 times and i am still struggling to register these subjects.  I have just over 9 weeks to prepare for my written FAA test and now i am starting to feel the pressure.  I believe i can do this!

I did it!

Today i have achieved something i have been working on for many months. I passed my Driving Test! I started learning to drive back in March just as i was starting to earn a fairly good wage. At first i thought driving was not something i would be good at, but i stuck it out because i knew i would need to drive to enable me to do bigger and better things. On April 26th i took my Theory test, i passed first time with a 95% passrate. After passing my Theory i have been working to get my driving to almost perfect. On October 1st 2010 i had been very very nervous about my practical test. I made sure i was really ready so i took a 2 hour lesson just before my Driving Test. All my hard work really payed off with only getting 3 driving faults out of a possible 15. I am really chuffed with myself and i am now starting to see a bright future. I have one more goal before i am 21 and i am now starting to feel more and more confident about it as i write this blog. My last goal is to become a Private Pilot!

My Holiday

Im Back! Some of you may of thought i had given up on my blog and pilot adventures. Well theres one thing for sure, I will never do that. So the last couple of weeks i have been enjoying a long awaited holiday at Stafford Moor Fishery in Devon, England. I had a very relaxing time, im not so much a fisherman so i did spend most of the time studying in the log cabin i was staying in.

I will bring you an update of what i have learnt within the next 24 hours, because there is alot of information.

FS Training

So today i have been juggling the day about, having worked 8 – 4 i have struggled to find time to get some study in. I did manage to fit it in though and i decided to test my knowledge on my Flight Simulator. The plan of action was to practice some stalls on my FS but that soon ended in dismay.  I have a typical joystick. It’s ok for gaming sims of fast planes, but for accurate simming of a real plane like the C172, it sucks. For smooth precision maneuvers the scene would shake around violently. I was really disappointed, because it would really be nice to practice everything I’m learning at home on my desktop.

Then i figured that the best way to learn is to get out in the real thing. For now i will continue to study with my DVD’s and useful textbooks. Tommorows plan is to study all different types of weather and atmospheric pressure because i feel these are the topics i will need to study over and over again untill it actually sinks in.

Volume 1 Test

I had my first Sportys test on the computer. The tests don’t really count towards anything except to help me prepare for the FAA exam. But either way, It consisted of 22 questions, I passed with an 90%. It was basic subjects such as Communications, Taxi (Run-up, Traffic Patterns), Engine TLC Etc. Really pleased with myself and it has given me that extra bit of determination. Tommorow i will take the Volume 2 test and see how i get on. I also learnt something new today which i always found hard to remember 2 years ago.

The 4 W’s

Who are you calling?

Who are you?

Where are you?

What do you want?

So for example if i was speaking to Renton Traffic, I would address them in these terms, “Renton traffic, cessna 1538 Victor, holding short runway 15, departing to the north, Renton traffic”

I cant wait to test this knowledge when im airbourne in December

Seattle 2008

I visited seattle back in 2008 as a break and as a learning trip. I managed to shoot some video while going flying with my uncle. This footage is what inspired me to become a private pilot.

Enjoy