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More circuits on a cold and hazy day

Short solo circuits in bumpy air with some cross wind, building some routine and confidence.

Short confidence building flight, circuits.

This was my first flight, alone, after my exam. It was going well until I botched my final landing.

This Monday we did another navigation flight, around Liege, as preparation for my practical exam. It was probably the most beautiful flight I have yet done. Quite possibly the longest too.

Instead of doing more solo circuits, we flew to EBAV for some touch-and-go's.

This was a navigation flight along the CTR of Liege (EBLG). We also talked to some air traffic controllers.

I flew some solo circuits, but stopped a little early as the weather was startig to turn.

So I've been, again, not flying for a month. But I have been studying a bit for my "Radiotelephony" certificate exam, which I'll be taking in Brussels next week - if the corona

In Belgium, the practical ULM exam (and everything else ULM related) is defined by a "Koninklijk Besluit" (KB). It can be found here, in dutch: http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/

Since my practical exam is coming closer, I'm also reviewing the theory lessons. Since a part of the ULM exam is questions on those subjects. Today I was reviewing "Human Factors". So I'll

We planned a navigation, from Hasselt (home base) over Liernu, land in Goetsenhoven (EBTN) and then back to Hasselt. First of all, still failed to remember to take pictures. Flight PerparationI was on

I spent an hour flying solo circuits again. It was a beautiful Saturday so it was more busy on the airfield than I was used to. I had to pay close attention to

Finally got back in the air! I didn't get to fly solo, since it was almost 6 months ago since I flew and the weather was a little tricky. Tricky but beautiful. After

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