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Because of the current Corona measures, we can go and take flight lessons again, but we must use our personal equipment. That includes a headset. I've been putting off buying one, to be

December 30, 2019 was my last flying lesson. After that, my instructor had a month delay while renewing his license. Then we had about a whole month of rain so the field was

More good news! Today I managed to pass my Air Law theoretical exam. I managed to score 85%, you need 75% to pass. I was equally unsure of my chances of passing than

I'm currently in mild panic mode. I have enrolled for the English Language Proficiency test, necessary to communicate over the radio with official operators (such as Brussels Flight Information Service). The exam consists

We did our third navigation today. Because I arrived quite late, sadly, we couldn't do everything that was planned. By the time we had reviewed my plan and prepared the plane we were

More solo-circuiting. An entire hour. My approaches were generally good, although I have to make sure I keep my final turn at 90°. I seemed to already slightly turn into final when in

As planned, we were either going to fly to Theux (EBTX) or do solo flying. Since EBTX was closed when I was flying, and the weather was good, I got to do some

The plan today was to either to solo-circuits or a trip to "Theux". I had already prepared my navigation flight, and in general it was OK. I got some pointers on what is

Today we mostly did some circuits with some "odd landings". The original plan was for me to fly some solo circuits, but the clouds were a bit low and unpredictable. ... GPS Track Running

Today we practiced "Forced Landing", also known as the "Emergency Landing". Part of it is a manoeuvre called "Slipping". It's a little scary stuff, not so much

We flew circuits for another hour. Nothing special ... were it not for the fact that 54 minutes of the hour I flew solo. I was nervous because I knew I was going to

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

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.

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

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

Running costs 1 hour flight time: € 96 1 hour instructor: € 30

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

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

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

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