Flight #8: First Solo! Flew my first solo flight in OO-G83 today! Today, after flying a number of circuits, my instructor let me do a full-stop landing. I wasn't sure why, we weren't flying for an hour
Flight #7 This was good flight. It was over a month ago since we last flew. I made sure to perform circuits and the checklists in my head. And occasionally do a few rounds in
Flight #6 I was a little nervous for this flight, given my reasonably poor performance last time. Luckily: the flight was great! It was a saturday morning, beautiful weather and a little bit of side-wind.
Preparation Flight #6 Given my not that great flight last time, I want to review the circuit for myself. Apart from the take-off, these five points are important points in the circuit. I'm assuming a right-hand
Flight #5 We did more circuits with touch-and-go's, however it didn't go very well, even though I kind of felt OK about it: my instructor was clear, and of course he was right. I made
Flight #3 Today I completed flight number 3. It was mostly "doing circuits", meaning take-off, then doing a bunch of touch-and-go landings. You can find the GPS track at the bottom of this
Flight #2 Friday I had my second flight. The weather was lousy and I wasn't sure if we were flying. But luckily visibility improved (> 5000 meter is required) and the cloud base went up
Flight #1 Yesterday I had my first flight on OO-G83 - golf eight three It was super intense and as amazing as you would expect. Pre-flight The day started out foggy but the forecast was
Navigation (course) By now, we've finished the first part of the quite extensive course on Navigation. A peculiar thing I've learned is that an aircraft flying has not one direction but three. It has not
ULM License ULM Medical As planned I went in for the Class 4 Medical examination. Everything was OK but I did get an excluded from night flying, since I once again failed the Ishihara test. They also
ULM License Belgium: ULM Training License For ULM, in Belgium, you require a training license, but the procedure to get one is not clear from the official website. Hopefully this post gets all the details;
Training Medical: Eye Examination Last week I went to the "ophthalmologist" (eye doctor) for a check-up of my eyes and vision. This is part of the "Medical Class 4" certification. There are different
What's a "ULM License" Unless you are from Belgium with experience in flying, you may be unclear on what a ULM License is. A "PPL", Private Pilot License, is know throughout the world, and the
2 months in ... I haven't written much yet, as I was largely involved in going to classes. I missed a few but managed to attend almost every Tuesday and Friday. We just finished the second of
Training Day 0 Today there was an information session about the course to become a ULM or PPL licenses pilot.
ULM License What's Involved? Before I can even start a training to become a ULM pilot, I must first inform myself of what's involved. The local club holds and information session later this week and in this post I list the questions I need answered.